(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...
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) Amazon Fires: National Jurisdiction, Global Catastrophe
(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...
(English) Permafrost Thawing: Climate Catastrophe in Waiting and Its Politics
(English) While global warming has impacted every aspect of human life and ecological form, the thawing of permafrost presents the most catastrophic scenario...
(English) Road to COP25: Institutional Developments and Disagreements
(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...
(English) Carbon Tax in the United States: The Changing Economics and Politics
(English) The move to have congestion pricing in New York follows much after other international cities like London, Stockholm and Singapore...
(English) Knowledge and Climate Change: Waning Presence, Yet Strong Influence?
(English) While there is high scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change, there remains a substantial difference between scientific consensus and public...
(English) Human Rights Approach to Climate Change: Emerging Grievances and Existing Framework
(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...
(English) Small Island Developing States and Climate Change: Towards Addressing Loss and Damage
(English) While there has been much euphoria around the Paris Climate Agreement, regarding loss and damage, the gap in terms of formal implementation...
(English) The Agenda of Climate Change and Electoral Politics: Where are we heading?
(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....