The Paris Agreement

In the December of 2015, COP21 brought forth the Paris Agreement, a new milestone in global climate change policy.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s climate change crisis

In 2008, Myanmar suffered its worst natural disaster on record when Cyclone Nargis swept through and the military regime hampered relief efforts. Now, the new ...

How to steal an ivory stockpile

Zimbabwean parks employees allegedly managed to steal ivory from the Hwange stockpile since 2012 and export it to international trafficking syndicates. Oscar ...

Ganga floods Uttarakhand as ministries bicker over dams

The Himalayan rivers that join to form the Ganga are in spate this monsoon, flash floods are being worsened by abandoned dams, but some ministries still want ...

Navigating toward a ‘Paris Agreement for the oceans’

Progress on protection of our seas has been lagging, reports James Fahn

Can airlines cap their carbon emissions?

Aviation’s upcoming proposals on a carbon cap will have to solve five tricky problems, writes Annie Petsonk.

India’s ignored drylands could be key to climate-resilient agriculture

Rainfed farming in drylands taps into locally available crop and animal diversity and Indian policy makers should look at such traditional know-how to develop ...

As we prepare for the UN climate talks, a look at what's changed since Copenhagen

Is the world better suited for an agreement than it was in 2009?

African CSOs demand full implementation of agreements at COP19

Civil society organisation (CSOs) across Africa have demanded that developed countries fulfill and implement their commitments under the UN climate convention, ...