2017 was a dramatic year for climate news, wasn’t it? Trump promised to yank the US out of the Paris Agreement and scrap the Clean Power Plan. Yet this only seemed to make other countries (and US cities, states and companies) more determined...
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Tegan Tallullah
The 2017 climate summit: 6 things you need to know
So last week saw the finale of the 2017 climate summit – aka “COP23” for short. Yet another round of talks in the never-ending talking shop that is the global climate political process. So what? It’s easy for the annual UN...
My one problem with the SDGs that drives me crazy
No more poverty, no more hunger. Protect the forests and oceans, clean renewable energy for all. World peace. This isn’t a John Lennon song, it’s UN policy. All these and much much more make up the Sustainable Development Goals – the globally agreed...
What Actually is the Paris Agreement on Climate Change?
Yay for the Paris Agreement! … Wait. What actually is that? If you’ve read anything much about climate issues, you’ve probably come across the term ‘Paris Agreement’ – aka ‘Paris Accord’, ‘Paris...