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…
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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…
Trump backs Canadian deep-sea mining, risking international clash
President Donald Trump’s move on Thursday to kickstart deep-sea mining could be a lifeline for the Canadian company that is pushing to be the first to supply strategic minerals from the ocean floor. The…
Individual action won’t save the climate – unless governments and businesses back it
Mindy Hernandez is director of the Living Lab for Equitable Climate Action at the World Resources Institute. We’ve all heard it: Eat less beef. Fly less. Buy secondhand. Track your…
At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables
At an energy security summit in London, around 60 government officials delivered sharply different views about the role of fossil fuels and renewables in securing energy supplies, with the US…
