NDCs

'NDCs 3.0': Countries have headroom to triple climate ambition, Energy Transitions Commission claims

Policy

'NDCs 3.0': Countries have headroom to triple climate ambition, Energy Transitions Commission claims

National climate action plans reflective of COP28 policy pledges and latest tech innovation could achieve 18GT of CO2 mitigation a year by 2035, new report argues

clock 10 June 2024 • 5 min read
'Not pulling their weight': Why G7 climate policy needs a revamp

Climate change

'Not pulling their weight': Why G7 climate policy needs a revamp

Business leaders call on G7 to redouble efforts to deliver on COP28 promise to transition away from fossil fuels

clock 24 April 2024 • 7 min read
UN climate chief warns there are 'two years to save the world'

Climate change

UN climate chief warns there are 'two years to save the world'

Simon Stiell acknowledges warning may sound 'melodramatic', but insists time is running out to avoid catastrophic climate impacts

clock 10 April 2024 • 6 min read
Major economies are promising new 2030 climate goals, but will they deliver?

Climate change

Major economies are promising new 2030 climate goals, but will they deliver?

A wave of updated national climate action plans is now expected ahead of the COP27 Climate Summit, but countries are still resisting calls to ramp up climate finance pledges

clock 21 June 2022 • 4 min read
Closing the 'G20 ambition gap': Why the world's major economies must act now to secure a 1.5C future

Policy

Closing the 'G20 ambition gap': Why the world's major economies must act now to secure a 1.5C future

G20 nations hold the key to capping temperature rise at safe levels - so it is critical they ramp up their climate ambition ahead of COP27, argues the ECIU's Gareth Redmond-King

clock 23 May 2022 • 4 min read
'Passing the buck has to stop': UN warns current climate pledges set to drive 16 per cent increase in emissions by 2030

Climate change

'Passing the buck has to stop': UN warns current climate pledges set to drive 16 per cent increase in emissions by 2030

Major report highlights goals of Paris Agreement are threatened by weak climate ambition from countries and limited climate finance flows from rich to poor nations

clock 17 September 2021 • 10 min read
'Far from satisfactory': 80 countries miss UN deadline for delivering beefed-up climate pledges

Politics

'Far from satisfactory': 80 countries miss UN deadline for delivering beefed-up climate pledges

15 nations submitted fresh climate plans in support of Paris Agreement last week, but just under half of signatories have missed UN deadline

clock 02 August 2021 • 5 min read

Politics

'Nothing short of critical': Fraught G20 climate talks intensify pressure for progress ahead of COP26

G20 agrees to submit enhanced Paris Agreement plans ahead of COP26, but fails to agree coal power and fossil fuel subsidy phase outs

clock 26 July 2021 • 9 min read

Policy

EU approves 2030 climate goals, as US preps plan to halve emissions

EU reaches late night deal backing plan to cut emissions 55 per cent by 2030, as reports suggests President Biden will approve goal to halve US emissions by end of the decade

clock 21 April 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Reports: India mulling net zero emissions target for 2050

Bloomberg reports that Indian government is considering a 2047 net zero target to coincide mark a century of independence

clock 17 March 2021 • 3 min read