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Bonn: New Buildings, and Renewed Optimism

Jayden Holmes | June 1st, 2015

The UN climate change conference in Bonn opens with optimism and a long-awaited new building.

A Vision That Changes Everything

Sonya Likhtman | April 21st, 2015

Environmental action isn’t a bourgeois luxury, tackling climate change can also be the solution to economic stagnation, mass unemployment and unfathomable inequality.

Is there room for new players in the international climate regime?

Amy Weinfurter | March 9th, 2015

The Geneva climate talks opened up political space for new kinds of climate actors. Can the UN climate regime move beyond rhetoric, to incorporate cities, businesses, and collaborative coalitions into an international framework?

Writing History in Geneva

Cleo Verkuijl | February 24th, 2015

Just 56 days after the conclusion of Lima, pundits were sceptical that Geneva would result in anything substantive; The Verb reports.

And… Action!

Cleo Verkuijl | February 12th, 2015

Negotiators in Geneva navigate next steps with aspects of the climate talks “ahead of schedule”.

A Negotiating Text is Born

Cleo Verkuijl | February 12th, 2015

Day 4 of the Geneva climate talks saw delegates explore fundamental legal questions, with much more ado about procedure.

Streamlining Day 3 in Geneva

Laima Politajs | February 10th, 2015

Day three in Geneva at ADP2.8 sees a near-ready negotiation text, but what streamlining is required next?

Onwards and Upwards…? From Lima, to Geneva and Paris

Cleo Verkuijl | February 10th, 2015

The Verb reflects on the lessons from the Lima Call for Climate Action, and what they presage about climate politics in 2015.