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Climate change
A wave of updated national climate action plans is now expected ahead of the COP27 Climate Summit, but countries are still resisting calls to ramp up climate finance pledges
21 June 2022
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4 min read
Policy
Closing the 'G20 ambition gap': Why the world's major economies must act now to secure a 1.5C future
G20 nations hold the key to capping temperature rise at safe levels - so it is critical they ramp up their climate ambition ahead of COP27, argues the ECIU's Gareth Redmond-King
23 May 2022
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4 min read
Climate change
Major report highlights goals of Paris Agreement are threatened by weak climate ambition from countries and limited climate finance flows from rich to poor nations
17 September 2021
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10 min read
Politics
15 nations submitted fresh climate plans in support of Paris Agreement last week, but just under half of signatories have missed UN deadline
02 August 2021
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5 min read
Politics
G20 agrees to submit enhanced Paris Agreement plans ahead of COP26, but fails to agree coal power and fossil fuel subsidy phase outs
26 July 2021
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9 min read
Policy
EU reaches late night deal backing plan to cut emissions 55 per cent by 2030, as reports suggests President Biden will approve goal to halve US emissions by end of the decade
21 April 2021
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4 min read
Policy
Bloomberg reports that Indian government is considering a 2047 net zero target to coincide mark a century of independence
17 March 2021
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3 min read
Climate change
UN urges countries to submit tougher climate plans to meet Paris goals and prevent climate catastrophe
26 February 2021
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6 min read
Policy
UK urges governments to come forward with 'very clear ambition and targets' at this week's Climate Action Summit, amid fresh warnings of devastating climate impacts
07 December 2020
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4 min read
Climate change
A number of developing countries are coming forward with ambitious decarbonisation plans, but as Ed King explains, their significance is often too easily ignored
09 August 2020
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7 min read
