COP26 resulted in new climate commitments from countries across the world - here’s what they could mean for our future.
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Climate change – Analysis and Comment
The world promised progress at the Glasgow climate conference. Now it has to turn those promises into reality. A former senior UN official describes what to watch for in the coming year.
The focus on building democracy should be on more intermediary outcomes, which can serve as building blocks for longer term democratic renewal.
Rich countries like the UK have almost left coal power behind, but it’s not as easy for developing countries.
Permaculture – a mashup of ‘permanent’ and ‘culture’ – is a way of doing agriculture that’s inspired by the resilience and biodiversity of healthy natural ecosystems.
A Western scholar proposes allocating water from the Colorado River based on percentages of its actual flow instead of fixed amounts that exceed what’s there – and including tribes this time.
Removing carbon from the atmosphere raises political questions that should be addressed by democratic institutions.
We can evaluate the plan’s sincerity through a lens of good practice policy making. So how does the government’s net-zero plan rate?
This hardy desert plant lives in the hostile Atacama Desert in Chile by sucking moisture out of passing fog. As water resources become ever more scarce, humans could follow suit.
Climate change is a key risk for remote Indigenous communities in Australia. How can housing in remote and regional areas be improved to withstand extreme weather conditions for these communities?
Yes COP26 fell short, but we still have reasonable odds of limiting global warming to 2°C.
A single tree in a tropical forest has the same cooling effect as two air conditioners. Imagine how hot it gets when a whole forest is felled.
To combat global warming we need to use atmospheric greenhouse gas observations to keep track of emissions.
New research suggests gamifying neighbourhoods could encourage people to travel more actively.
More than 100 world leaders have pledged to end the destruction of forests by 2030 as a way to slow climate change. That will require changing how the world produces four widely used commodities.
Central banks have a responsibility in addressing the challenge of climate change. But how? Experts explore some ideas.
Welcome to an entirely new understanding of the world.
Stabilising Earth’s climate depends on a lot more than deals struck at conferences like Glasgow. But those agreements set a frame for real-world decisions.
Loss and damage – the three words which define the Glasgow summit’s disappointing outcome.
Rather than slow the decline in coal use, India’s actions at COP26 ensure it and other polluting nations, including Australia, will be under even greater scrutiny.
The hope we need is realistic – not wishful thinking, denial or delay disguised as naïve optimism.
From weak 2030 targets to controversial rules around carbon trading, let’s take a look at the summit’s defining issues.
Has the summit delivered on its goals?
COP26 saw incremental progress but not the breakthrough moment needed.
We found that vegan and vegetarian diets cost a third less than current high-meat, high-dairy diets many people follow.