Drive to 1.5 National Plans & Responses
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Auto & Alternative VehiclesClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeGeneral RenewablesOceans
EU Sought Stricter Adherence to 1.5°C Limit
As negotiations in Incheon, South Korea were reaching a pivot point late last week, the European Union called for a strict interpretation of the ... -
Climate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsInternational Agencies & StudiesUnited States
Confidential Comments Showed Trump Administration Pushback on IPCC’s 1.5°C Report
As IPCC negotiations in Incheon, South Korea got under way last week, confidential U.S. comments on a landmark global warming report raised doubts about ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHealth & Safety
Draft Plan Boosts China’s 2030 Renewables Goal from 20 to 35%
A new renewable portfolio standard (RPS) under development by China’s National Development and Reform Commission calls for the country to produce at least 35% ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentUnited States
Canada, EU Add Climate to Trade Deal in Visible Snub to Trump
Canada and the EU added a climate clause to their trade deal at a high-level meeting in Montreal last Wednesday. -
AfricaAsiaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSolar
One Planet Summit Delivers New Financing Commitments During Climate Week NYC
The United Nations secretary general, the president of the World Bank, and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action Michael Bloomberg all lined up alongside ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesSmall Island States
UN General Assembly Stresses ‘Sonic Boom SOS’ for Climate Action
The climate crisis is taking centre stage during this week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York City, with national leaders “feeling a sense ... -
AustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Backbenchers Work Across Party Lines to Craft ‘Credible’ Climate Policy for New Zealand
Two years of consensus building through “clear-eyed analysis and good faith engagement” between policy-makers, industry, and civil society has left New Zealand with a ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Brown Renews Pledge to ‘Launch Our Own Damn Satellite’ as Summit Urges Faster Climate Action
After three days of new low-carbon commitments from regional governments, cities, and industry, the Global Climate Action Summit concluded Friday with a call for ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDrive to 1.5First PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSmall Island States
Pacific Climate Warriors Shift Region ‘from Passive Victims to Active Leaders’
Four years after blockading the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia with their traditional canoes, the Pacific Climate Warriors have managed to shift ... -
Air & MarineAustraliaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMethaneMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSolarSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWaterWind
Flurry of Low-Carbon Announcements Marks First Day of Global Climate Action Summit
The Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco is entering its second day, with media and other observers scrambling to keep up with a ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5EuropeFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureSevere Storms & FloodingSolarUnited States
London, New York Mayors Urge Cities Worldwide to Dump Their Fossil Investments
Pointing to a summer of record heat and extreme weather in which London was improbably hot and dry, while New York was unexpectedly rainy, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5International Agencies & Studies
UN Secretary General Urges Faster Action to Avert Runaway Climate Change
National leaders have until 2020 to step up efforts to curb global climate change before it’s too late, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres ... -
Air & MarineArctic & AntarcticaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBiodiversity & HabitatBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsDrive to 1.5EuropeFood SecurityForests & DeforestationMethaneTransitWalking & Biking
Iceland Aims for Full Carbon Neutrality by 2040
Iceland will increase the number of electric cars on its roads, ban new petroleum and diesel vehicles as of 2030, sequester carbon through wetland ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & Flooding
‘Uneven’ Progress, ‘Stalemated’ Issues Create Steep Climb for Paris Agreement Implementation
Nearly a week of climate negotiations ended in Bangkok Sunday with what civil society observers called “uneven” progress on the all-important “rulebook” that countries ... -
AsiaBuildingsCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Massive Trade Loophole Places 25% of Global Emissions Outside National Climate Plans
A massive and growing “carbon loophole” is undermining global efforts to bring greenhouse gas emissions under control, with “most types of carbon policy” failing ...
