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Electrification and the Sustainability of Minerals
In this article we argue that ‘clean’ energy must not be bought at the expense of the safety of adult or child labour in mines, or the destruction of the environment through seabed mining.
Guest Blog: Italy: responding to COVID-19, fears of a second wave, hopes of a green future
In this guest blog from our Italian friends and colleagues at IARI - Chiara Ferro sets out the Italian response to COVID-19 and the hopes for environmental action in light of a second wave of COVID-19 cases
Climate & Biodiversity: What it can mean to lose a species
A look at two real-life examples of the impact on biodiversity of losing a species
Climate Science - Feedback Loops & Tipping Points
Part 3 of our Climate Science Series looks at how the climate regulates itself through feedback loops, and how it could spiral out of control by passing tipping points
The Peruvian Farmer and a Climate Case of Worldwide Importance
In a climate case of potentially huge implications for the coal, oil and gas industries, a farmer and mountain guide from the Peruvian Andes is bringing a case in the German courts against the major German power generator RWE.
Global Climate Change Agreements - Evolution & Current Challenges
This guest blog from our Italian friends and colleagues at IARI - the Instituto Analisi Relazioni Internationali - sets out and reviews the progress in the development of Climate Change Agreements.
Climate Science - The Human Impact
Part 2 of our Climate Science series explains how humans have impacted the climate up until now
Guest Blog: Carbon Pricing and COP26
A guest blog by Hannah Dillion from The Zero Carbon campaign - on Carbon Pricing and COP26
Accelerating Water & Climate Action at COP26 - Notes
Notes from the SIWI World Water Week webinar on Accelerating Water and Climate Action at COP26.
Green Recovery – First Principles
This article is the first in a series looking at different aspects of the ‘Green Recovery’ from the COVID-19 pandemic.
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS: Parliamentary Oversight of Environmental Governance and Legislation
William Wilson’s report on Environmental Institutions has been published by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
Will Australia miss the chance for a Green Recovery?
How Australia’s COVID response risks missing calls for a green recovery and boosting fossil fuels instead
Race to Zero
Updates on UNFCCC Initiative Race to Zero from the Reuters event - Delivering Net Zero
Climate Change and Protecting the Oceans
A summary of a presentation by Dr Nilufer Oral on “Climate Change and Protecting the Oceans: A Tale of Two Regime’s”.
Irish Supreme Court Climate Judgement
A summary of the recent Irish Supreme Court Case: Friends of the Irish Environment v The Government of Ireland
Climate & Biodiversity: Converging Conventions?
Can UNFCC COP26 converge its aims with COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity - being held in China in May 2021?