Ocean Acidity: The Case for Ocean Health Action Lines
Climate change has a pernicious cousin that we often overlook: ocean acidification.
ADP Potter
At the end of COP20, Verb writers experiment with Harry Potter and international climate politics, on Twitter.
The Lima Call: The Battle is Won but the War is Yet to Come
The Verb’s analysis and editorial on what happened and came out of COP20.
Fossil of the Day: Australia Wins Big For Being the Worse
Australia writes itself into history as this year’s least helpful country at the UN climate change negotiations.
Land Ahoy
What direction will COP20 set sail for?
Ghosts of the Past Haunt Lima
The negotiations in Lima have moved into overtime with a draft text only being released at 2am last night.
China-US Agreement: White Knight or White Noise?
China and the US recently signed a bilateral emissions reductions treaty. The agreement was widely lauded as a game-changer, but will it really prompt a new wave of global action?
Religions Unite For COP20
Religions emerge as moral voice at climate talks in Lima.
Mass Die-In for Forgotten Voices
Civil society participants at COP20 stage a protest “die-in” to symbolise the effects of climate change.
Latin America
Fossil of the Day: Dine and Dash
Sydney Pead | December 2nd, 2014
First day jitters with the Fossil of the Day awarding four winners of the infamous prize.
Sun Shines from Machu Picchu
Hamish M | December 1st, 2014
Greenpeace have used the Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu to be pro-solar.
Fast for Climate Justice
Ayesha C | December 1st, 2014
The Verb looks at the Fast for Climate Justice one year on.
Social PreCOP
Elizabeth B | August 19th, 2014
What is the Social PreCOP and what is the Margarita Declaration?
REDD in Chiapas
Cécile S | August 10th, 2014
When Mexico entered the UNFCCC’s REDD program it wasn’t for the protection of forest homes.
Can Brazil Save the Amazon?
Cécile S | November 22nd, 2013
Brazil’s recent efforts to curb its deforestation have all but increased in the past year. Known as the world’s lungs, the Amazon is one of the biggest carbon sinks. With
Cancun is Big from the Moon
admin | December 11th, 2010
I’m sitting here inside Moon Palace at COP16, the heart of the climate negotiations, on the final day of the Cancun conference. It’s an eerie feeling, the place is packed
A Final Plea for COP16
Tim Hall | December 10th, 2010
Dear Governments at Cancun, As the final day of the COP16 Climate change negotiations looms on us, think back to this time last year. The hope, the momentum, the spirit
Inching closer: Day 9 at COP16
Tim Hall | December 10th, 2010
Parties remained deadlocked over key issues on day 9, with some even hardening their stances as others called desperately for compromise. Anchoring any pledges to a legally binding commitment, together
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