The world was drawing a line between talking and doing on climate change in 2026. That was the message from Fiji. Speaking at a press conference in the final hours of the four-day pre-COP meeting in the Pacific, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary Simon Stiell warned “every nation is on […]
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Carbon Credit Markets Have a Human Rights Problem | The Spill
Carbon credit markets have come under fire for creative climate accounting, fraud, and land use problems. UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera says they have a human rights problem too.
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Nepal Floods Put Climate Loss and Damage Fund to the Test
An interview with Raju Pandit Chhetri, a climate negotiator from Nepal, about the country’s demands for loss and damage financing and climate justice.
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An Historic Step and a Long Road Ahead: the Santa Marta Climate Conference
The first ever international conference focused on transitioning off of fossil fuels took place in Santa Marta, Colombia in April 2026. It was a historic step, but also revealed just how difficult it will be to change entrenched systems.
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What to Expect at the Santa Marta Climate Conference
Colombia and the Netherlands will host government ministers, scientists, Indigenous peoples, and civil society groups from at least 50 states, determined to work together to figure out a just transition away from fossil fuels.
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A Love Letter to Human Rights Defenders
As she wraps up her six-year stint as UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor gives us an exit interview.
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As Europe Leaves Controversial Treaty, the Secretariat Courts Resource-Rich African Countries
European countries are leaving the Energy Charter Treaty amid concerns that it blocks national climate action. Internal documents reveal that the Secretariat of the investor-friendly mechanism is now wooing African countries.
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COP-tastrophe: How the COP of Implementation, Truth, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples Failed on All Counts
COP30 began full of promise but ended as yet another reminder that the mechanism for global climate governance is broken.
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A Reckoning with the 1.5°C Goal at COP30
Climate scientist Glen Peters about where we are in terms of achieving Paris Agreement temperature goals, where we need to go and how to get there.