Brazil calls on local groups to “inspire” a boost in climate action

Brazil’s COP30 presidency wants to elevate grassroots solutions to the climate crisis to the global level in a bid to spur governments to bolster their national climate plans. With six…

Climate justice is vital for global security 

Nicola Sturgeon is an MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) and former First Minister of Scotland. Ben Wilson is International Policy Lead for Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. The world is…

COP30 must heed the elephant in the room: fossil fuels 

Andreas Sieber is the associate director of global policy and campaigns at 350.org. Stela Herschmann is Climate Policy Specialist at Observatório do Clima, a network of 130 Brazilian organisations. Four…

First carbon credit scheme for early coal plant closures unveiled

Carbon registry Verra has launched a new rulebook for generating carbon credits from the early phase-out of coal power plants that are replaced with cleaner energy sources. Carbon credit projects…

Without debt relief, climate action will fail

Laurie van der Burg is global public finance campaign manager at Oil Change International. Mariana Paoli is global advocacy lead at Christian Aid. Rebecca Thissen is global advocacy lead at…

US tariffs threaten solar panel production and jobs in Thailand

On a humid day in February, a small group of workers huddled in front of a large solar panel factory inside Thailand’s biggest manufacturing hub in the eastern coastal province…

Asia’s fossil-free future demands real transformation

Chuck Baclagon is the Asia regional finance campaigner for 350.org. Our continent is on fire. Not figuratively – literally. From record-breaking heatwaves across Central Asia to parched lands and collapsing…

How does climate change impact Delhi’s Red Fort market traders?

More frequent and intense heatwaves, driven by climate change, are harming the health and wealth of sellers at the daily street market in the shadow of Delhi’s iconic Red Fort,…

On May Day, workers are calling

Anabella Rosemberg is senior advisor on Just Transition at Climate Action Network International (CAN-I). This May Day, the battle lines are clear: workers’ rights and climate justice must stand together…

US walks away from global climate action

As in his first term, US President Donald Trump has again kick-started the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the global pact to tackle climate change. But this time, he…