The weekly analysis series, brought out jointly by the World Sustainable Development Forum and the Protect our Planet Movement, seeks to highlight a topical issue relevant to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals and ambitious climate actions. The briefs below can be accessed in HTML and PDF formats.
(English) It is now quite clear that we have to limit average warming of the earth’s temperature to below 1.5oC by 2100 relative to preindustrial periods. This requires a peaking of global emissions no later than 2020.
(English) Madrid hosted the 25th annual Conference of Parties (COP) talks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) this year. A lot of anticipation welcomed the talks with a certain mood being created in the world community.
(English) Amazon rainforests inhabit most diverse flora and fauna in the world in terms of size and overall climatic impact. These are also a home to various indigenous tribes who not only derive livelihood from these forests, but also a sense of identity and culture
(English) While global warming has impacted every aspect of human life and ecological form, the thawing of permafrost presents the most catastrophic scenario
(English) The G20 Osaka Summit failed to achieve anything ambitious, as the host country Japan remained focused on building consensus, even if mild because of its deep ties with US and Trump’s adversarial approach to climate negotiations based on the principle of America First.
(English) The move to have congestion pricing in New York follows much after other international cities like London, Stockholm and Singapore
(English) While there is high scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change, there remains a substantial difference between scientific consensus and public
(English) A novel precedent set by the indigenous strait islanders who have recently filed a complaint with the United Nations against Australia’s lack of action on climate change will test the robustness of the international framework to respond to issues of human rights violations related to climate change.
(English) While there has been much euphoria around the Paris Climate Agreement, regarding loss and damage, the gap in terms of formal implementation
(English) Climate change is a common and converging partisan issue in electoral politics in India, a major player in climate change from the Global South.