Trump Can’t Hold Back the Tide of Climate Action
Climate activists remain hopeful despite the potentially disastrous Trump administration.
7 Things to Look Out for in the UN’s Green Climate Fund
As the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board prepares to meet in Bali, Oscar Reyes identifies some of the key issues that will shape an institution that is expected to become central in providing international climate finance.
Corporate Capture in Warsaw: The ‘New Normal’ in the Disaster Zone
Disasters, inaction, and corporate sponsorship are increasingly desperate realities of the climate talks in Warsaw. IPS guest bloggers highlight the problems associated with these issues, which are rapidly becoming ‘normal’ at UN climate summits.
Breaking the Climate Stalemate
With China and the United States enabling each other to avoid meaningful emission reductions, the rest of the developing world must take the lead.
Bonn Climate Talks
United Nations climate negotiations have resumed, this time in Germany.
Global Civil Society Wary of World Bank Role in New Funds
More than 90 organizations and global networks urge leaders to strictly limit the role and influence of the World Bank in designing a new Green Climate Fund.
Financial Transaction Taxes: A win-win for the climate and the economy
In the face of enormous need, civil society calls on leaders to use innovative financing tools in the fight against climate change.
Shielding Climate Talks from Public Scrutiny
The Mexican government and the UN climate convention secretariat are investing in security to keep people out when real human and ecological security will require all of our voices.
Climate Justice Policy Factsheets
Climate justice policy factsheets directly from the UN climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico
UN Panel to be a Dangerous Disappointment
How much money is on the table to combat climate change, where it comes from and how it flows will be at the heart of global climate negotiations at the end of this year in Cancun.
To Reach a Climate Agreement in the Near Future, Countries Must Look to the Past
In Bonn, Germany, chances of signing any global climate deal in Copenhagen this December — let alone a fair deal — are increasingly slim.
Dirty is the New Clean
A Critique of the World Bank’s Strategic Framework for Development and Climate Change.
Missed Opportunity in Hokkaido
G8 leaders’ seclusion at the Lake Toyako resort was symbolic of their larger isolation from global public opinion on fighting global warming.
World Bank: Climate Profiteer
The World Bank irresponsibly and recklessly continues to perpetuate the world’s dependence on climate-altering fossil fuels while profiting from carbon trading, a dubious remedy to climate change.
Balis Business-As-Usual Mandate
The outcome of the Bali climate talks is more likely to benefit the World Bank and investors than to put the brakes on climate change.