Topic: Environment
‘Pollutocrat Day’: The richest 1% have already burnt through their annual carbon budget, Oxfam says
Report / 10th January 2025The richest 1 per cent of people have already blown through their fair share of the global carbon budget for the year just 10 days into January.
In New Year’s Message, Guterres urges countries to drastically slash emissions and ‘exit this road to ruin’
News / 1st January 2025UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for making 2025 “a new beginning” in his message for the New Year.
A most heinous—yet unprosecuted—crime: inequality
Blog / 19th December 2024Planet Earth is drying up, relentlessly. But while such an ‘existential crisis’ affects nearly every region, guess where - and who - are the most hit?
COP29 summit for ‘global sharing’ fails again
Blog / 2nd December 2024The latest UN climate change summit was largely derided as a sham after failing its biggest test to date—committing to share resources among rich and poor nations for tackling the crisis.
Who should pay for climate loss and damage?
Blog / 22nd November 2024Who should pay for climate loss and damage? The big oil and gas industry who are most responsible for the crisis—it’s fundamentally an issue of climate justice, says Abdoulaye Diallo for IPS news.
New report calls out damage from Global North’s refusal to do their fair share and pay up on climate finance
Report / 15th November 2024The latest Civil Society Equity Review outlines the profound damage being done by the developed countries’ refusal to do their fair share, especially on climate finance.
The 1.5 degrees celsius target from Paris (probably) died on November 5th
Article / 15th November 2024In the wake of Trump's return as US president, other nations can - and must - work together and share their resources if we are to avoid a worst scenario for the climate, writes Felix Dodds and Michael Strauss for IPS news.
Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam
Report / 4th November 2024The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and excess deaths, a report has found.
'Unacceptable,' advocates say as COP16 ends without biodiversity fund deal
News / 4th November 2024Officials at the international biodiversity conference were forced to suspend talks without reaching an agreement on a key issue of the summit—a detailed finance plan for a dedicated biodiversity fund.