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French President François Hollande was correct when he said “L’histoire arrive, l’histoire est là” at the conclusion of the Climate Change Conference on 12 December in Paris. Both the conference and the decisions adopted there could be historic. After twenty years of negotiations, 195 states have made a unanimous and legally-binding commitment to undertake everything… Read article ›
Against all odds, consensus was reached last week in Paris with 195 nations agreeing a deal to tackle climate change. For the first time, nations have agreed that the rise in global temperature caused by greenhouse gases is to be kept “well below” 2C, the point when global warming would pose a threat to life… Read article ›
The COP21 meeting in Paris earlier this month represented a major step forward in the fight against climate change. Countries from across the global have agreed to start cutting their greenhouse gas emissions to limit the rise in global temperatures to well below 2°C. True, the agreement does not include a mandatory scheme or a… Read article ›
By 2050, nine billion people will be living on our planet. Huge numbers of new consumers should be good for business. But it’s daunting, too: with the world’s resources shrinking and the climate changing, our children and grandchildren will struggle to maintain the quality of life we enjoy today. Other regions of the world might… Read article ›
Over the past two decades, the European Union has gained vital experience putting in place a coherent policy mix to address climate change. With more and more countries making policy pledges ahead of December’s COP21 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, Europe is in a position to share that experience with countries just beginning… Read article ›
It has become the accepted wisdom that meeting the global climate challenge will require zero net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the end of this century. This implies that global GHG emissions in 2050 would need to be around 40-70% lower than in 2010. With COP21 just around the corner, governments are announcing their mitigation… Read article ›
2015 is a crucial year for climate. Although climate conferences are held every year, this December’s meeting in Paris is especially important. Why? Because this time the United States and China are on board. The Paris conference will take things forward from the Kyoto Protocol agreed upon in 1997 – after negotiations in which Angela… Read article ›
The buildings sector’s crucial role in mitigating climate change is finally being recognised. For the first time in the history of climate negotiations, a Buildings Day will be held December 3 at the COP21 UN conference on climate change in Paris. It will bring together innovative businesses and UN negotiators to work for the future… Read article ›
On 6 March, the European Union submitted its commitments for the new global climate treaty that’s due to be finalised in Paris. The pledge, for a 40% cut in emissions by 2030, was one of the first to be delivered to the United Nations. It went largely unnoticed, but is remarkable, not least because Europe’s… Read article ›
The COP 20 conference in Lima should stand as a warning to Europe that its leading role in global climate negotiations is being eroded. That is a consequence of Europe’s diminishing global importance, but also of its inability, and perhaps will, to create alliances. The EU is still the only player fighting for a really… Read article ›