Climate

If we don’t take meaningful and urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and so limit global temperature rise, then – as a new study from WWF and the University of East Anglia shows – we can expect devastating losses across every species group and on every continent.

In the run-up to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, when the Peruvian government was preparing its official position, I remember the focus was squarely on biodiversity. As a tropical country, on the western edge of the Amazon rainforest, Peru saw biodiversity as an essential asset for its development, and as a crucial element of its […]

Poland will host COP24 in December this year. It will be the most important climate meeting since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. But  it might not be what you’d expect.

Extreme weather. Water crises. Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse: these are some of our most pressing dangers, and climate change increases the risk.

Many of our planet’s most influential leaders have long held businesspeople in high regard.

Last year may go down in history as the year that the impacts of climate change finally became undeniable. Perhaps this year will be the one that our response finally becomes equal to the challenge.

Once again, Paris delivers. Two years on from the landmark climate agreement that carries the city’s name, President Emanuel Macron’s One Planet Summit has delivered leadership, progress, momentum and the connections we will need to address climate change.

On August 2 this year, we reached the point at which we used more natural resources than our planet can produce in a year through overfishing, overharvesting forests, and emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than forests can sequester.

Momentum is a precious commodity in the climate talks. With the complexity of the negotiations, the enormous inertia working against progress, and the urgency of the need to reduce emissions, maintaining forward motion is vital. COP23, which concluded on Saturday, maintained that momentum. Credit goes to the Fijian presidency, for its focus on implementation and […]

For the first time in human history, over half of the world’s population lives in cities. And urban populations are expected to reach six billion by 2050! Cities and urban areas are also responsible for around 70% of global CO2 emissions, from energy consumption in buildings and transport, waste and water services, industrial processes – […]