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COP-WATCH: The Glasgow Climate Pact – a step in the right direction, but don't call it historic
Nov 15, 2021
Written by
Marco Magrini
COP26 is over and the Glasgow Climate Pact is here
COP-WATCH: COP26 limps to a close as new draft agreement contains much 'urging' but little 'mandating'
Nov 12, 2021
Written by
Marco Magrini
The world waits for COP to come to an official end
COP-WATCH: a historic but shaky draft agreement
Nov 10, 2021
Written by
Marco Magrini
The first COP26 draft agreement has been released
The expanded view: Best books and documentaries on climate change for COP26
Nov 09, 2021
Written by
Geographical
The expanded view on climate change
COP-WATCH: Can the carbon markets be made to work?
Nov 09, 2021
Written by
Marco Magrini
Marco Magrini explores the complex issue of carbon markets – will they work? Or will they be exploited?
COP-WATCH: Youth day at COP26 – Welcome to the greenwash festival
Nov 05, 2021
Written by
Marco Magrini
The youth found marching outside the COP26 conference in Glasgow are not to be fooled by grand statements
COP-WATCH: Energy day at COP26 — Can we really consign coal to history?
Nov 05, 2021
Written by
Marco Magrini
Energy day at COP26 was all about coal. Marco Magrini was in Glasgow to find out more
Why clouds make modelling climate change so complicated
Nov 04, 2021
Written by
Paulo Ceppi
The world is reliant on the climate models that forecast our warming future and guide climate action. But why are climate models so complicated?
Climate leaders of the Global South: the scientists, politicians and activists tackling the crisis at home
Nov 04, 2021
Written by
Matt Maynard
The Global South has contributed very little to the world climate crisis but is already exposed to some of its most catastrophic effects. We asked six climate leaders from different backgrounds in civil and political society what problems they see…
COP-WATCH: Day four at COP26 – How to spend 130 trillion dollars
Nov 03, 2021
Written by
Katie Burton
Geographical editor, Katie Burton, spends the day at COP26: finance day
COP-WATCH: Day three at COP26 – Slashing methane, halting deforestation and big finance for clean tech
Nov 03, 2021
Written by
Marco Magrini
Marco Magrini's analysis of day three at COP26
Holding to account: The rising power of climate litigation
Nov 02, 2021
Written by
Sophie Tuson
Lawyers are using the power of the courts to challenge governments and companies that fail to act on climate change
COP-WATCH: Day two at COP26 – World leaders speak, India makes a pledge, everyone talks money
Nov 01, 2021
Written by
Marco Magrini
Marco Magrini sums up the action from day two of COP26, during which world leaders and heads of state made statements
The expert climate view from the world's most vulnerable nations: Small island states
Nov 01, 2021
Written by
Peter Thompson, Danny Faure
COP has been described as the 'best last chance' to turn the tide on climate change. As world leaders gather, we hear the expert view from leaders of the small island states that are most vulnerable to rising sea levels…
Opinion: Scotland, the host of COP26, is taking a lead on climate change
Nov 01, 2021
Written by
Mike Robinson
Mike Robinson, chief executive of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS), describes how the host of COP26 is taking a lead on climate
Two China experts on whether the world's largest emitter of CO2 can and will turn the tide
Oct 29, 2021
Written by
Ma Jun, Steve Tsang
Will China's climate pledges be enough to achieve Xi Jinping's vision of a 'beautiful, green China'?
"Paris was the 'what?', Glasgow is the 'how?'" – A climate expert's take on how we turn things around
Oct 27, 2021
Written by
Rachel Kyte
The expert view on COP26
Net Zero: What does it mean, and can we really achieve it?
Oct 26, 2021
Written by
Mark Rowe
Net zero. It’s the phrase that polarises scientists and environmental campaigners like no other. For some, it’s the only game in town, the sole means by which humans will avoid catastrophic climate change and limit global warming to 1.5°C. For…
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