COP22: Russian Government Event Marred by Nuclear Controversy
Activists critical of government’s nuclear policy and intimidation of environmental groups denounce being silenced at panel on low-carbon business activists confront Rosatom executive over nuclear industry’s impacts.
Germany Leads with Release of Long-Term Climate Strategy
Highlights and deficits to Germany’s 2050 strategy and how we feel about this first step forward.
COP22: Raining Fossils
When it rains, it pours – even in arid Marrakech. After a week marked with only two Fossil of the Day awards, on the eighth day of UN climate change
COP21: We Have a Deal
The world has a climate agreement – a legally binding, somewhat ambitious, global pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global temperature rises to “well below 2°C.” United Nations
The New Boundaries of Warming
The gavel has dropped on the most significant climate agreement of recent times. The final version of the Paris Agreement has the stated objective of holding the increase in global temperatures
State of Play: Out From The Shadows
Six years, almost to the day, since the failure of the Copenhagen talks, agreement is beginning to emerge in Paris with a deal set to be sealed within hours. Two
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists: Peddling Fantasies in Paris
While negotiators work hard to deliver a binding climate agreement in Paris this week, there is another group of actors working just as hard to make sure fossil fuels stay
“Dangerous and Deadly” – Scientists Slam Paris Text
As the Paris climate talks surge towards a final agreement, a group of the world’s top climate scientists have gathered to slam the latest draft text. Negotiations for a new
Walking Through Paris: An Interview With Yeb Saño
It’s been two years since Yeb Saño delivered the emotional speech in Warsaw that made him as someone to watch during the UN climate change negotiations. At the very moment when super typhoon
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Vulnerable Countries Band Together
Katrina McL | December 3rd, 2015
There’s a new group of countries at the climate change negotiations in Paris, and they could provide the impetus for a strong agreement. It’s called the Climate Vulnerable Forum, or CVF,
The World is Watching
Holly Dove | December 2nd, 2015
Kicking off in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend, a series of marches have taken place across the globe. Taking part were more than 600,000 people in at least 175 countries, calling
What to Look for in the Paris Package
Hamish M | December 2nd, 2015
To help demystify the negotiations, The Verb has produced a Negotiation Compass. This language cheat sheet will help you navigate Paris with us.
Shell Pushes Climate Myths In Weird Ad
Hamish M | December 2nd, 2015
Why Shell’s ad singing the merits of natural gas is wrong.
Negotiation Compass
Hamish M | December 2nd, 2015
To help demystify the negotiations, The Verb has produced a Negotiation Compass. As the negotiations unfold, we will use the Compass to translate diplomacy-speak and double entendres into plain language, outline possible scenarios we might end up with, and to explain the power plays behind it all.
Sweden’s Ambitious Renewables Goals
Katrina McL | December 2nd, 2015
First it was Stockholm, and now it’s Sweden. Why and how Sweden will transition to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050.
El Momento Político de París
David Gawith | December 1st, 2015
Nunca antes tantos líderes políticos habían coincidido en el mismo lugar. Lo más sorprendente es que se reunieron a hablar del clima.
The Political Moment of Paris
David Gawith | December 1st, 2015
The UN climate change negotiations opened in Paris with the participation of 150 heads of government.
Priorities in Paris
Lachie McKenzie | November 28th, 2015
What do the Paris attacks mean for the climate talks?
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