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Ireland is the first country to divest from fossil fuels

Since 2012 the number of commitments on fossil fuel divestment has increased rapidly, reaching over 1000 institutions worth 7 trillion euro.

COP24 wrap-up

At the U.N. climate summit in Poland, countries agreed upon the Katowice Climate Package, a set of rules for implementing the Paris Agreement. It is the outcome of a complex COP, due to technicalities and difficult international context. After two weeks and one extra day of tense negotiations, the rulebook to face and contain climate change got the green light.

Act fast but not alone – the role for urban policymakers in delivering a 1.5°C future

A new report translates the key scientific findings and policy observations from the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR1.5) for officials and

When health is taken into account, reducing emissions is an opportunity, not a cost

Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone, according to the World Health Organization. Health gains from climate action would be approximately double the cost of mitigation policies at the global level, and the benefit is even higher in countries such as China and India.

Not enough: latest studies put pressure on COP24 to speed-up climate action

Just days before the start of the COP24 climate summit in Katowice, a mounting pile of major reports points to the same message: despite the efforts in place, action to tackle climate change is still far away from the objectives set in the Paris agreement.

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Uneven progress in Bangkok casts shadow over COP24 climate talks

The extra round of negotiations to define the rules of the Paris climate agreement closed in Bangkok without satisfactory steps forward on the rulebook due to be adopted at COP24 in December. “We cannot allow Katowice to remind us of Copenhagen”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

The future of the Paris agreement at stake in Bangkok

The extraordinary session of UNFCCC negotiations to step up progress on the Paris rulebook opens on September 4 in Bangkok. The summit will last five

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Just transition and the future of coal industry to take center stage at COP24 in Katowice

In mid-August, the leading Polish trade union confederations met in Katowice to discuss climate policy and work out a shared position in preparation of the UNFCCC COP24 conference in Poland in December.

The bumpy road to action of the Paris climate deal

The end of 2018 is a crucial date for the implementation of the climate agreement adopted in Paris in 2015 and currently ratified by 178 countries. At COP24 in Katowice, Poland, countries are due to finalized and adopt the operational guidelines of the treaty, also known as “the Paris rulebook”.

Small Island States at the Forefront

From immediate emergencies to slower onset problems, Small Island States are those most affected by the combined impacts of climate change and the degradation of oceans’ health. Sitting at the international negotiations they claim the keywords for the future: consistency, ambition. And urgency.

Paris rulebook: extra meeting to be held in Bangkok as deadline of COP24 looms

May session of UN climate negotiations closed in Bonn with slow progress on the operational guidelines of the Paris Agreement, due to be finalized and

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