What is the Paris agreement? A breakdown on its importance
It's one of the most important treaties in modern history.
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India, world’s 3rd biggest polluter, ratifies Paris Agreement — vows to reach 40% renewables by 2030
We're only a shy of sealing the Paris pact.
We’re half way there: key threshold crossed for Paris Climate Change Agreement to come into force
Climate change requires more action from gov-stakeholders -- but the gears are turning.
How COP21 can become ratified — the small steps required for a global victory
At a high-level signing ceremony in New York, more than 170 countries signed up to the landmark COP21 climate changed ...
Fiji becomes the first country in the world to ratify the Paris climate deal
This Friday, the tiny island nation of Fiji put up a big flag on the map by becoming the first ...
Developing countries need at least $3.5 trillion to oblige their COP21 pledges by 2030
Developing countries need an astonishing amount of cash to respect the commitments made at COP21, Paris. This money needs to ...
Reactions to the Paris Climate Deal
A crucial date, or another point in a long line of failures? History will certainly judge the Paris Climate Agreement, ...
The one word that almost ruined climate negotiations
The agreement in Paris is not a cure for the world's environmental problems, but it's definitely more than a band-aid. ...
By the urban poor, from the urban poor: fighting climate change
If we want to tackle climate change, we have to fight it from all sides; one of the things I ...
New COP draft on the table… but is it good enough?!
After hundreds of hours of negotiations and discourse, it seems that the parties involved are finally settled and can agree ...
Big Oil is hiding behind the scenes of COP21 — what does it hope to gain?
You know something is down when the most important climate change event in history is sponsored by fossil fuel companies.
Saudi Arabia accused of derailing Paris talks
With only three days left from the Paris Climate Summit, the time for populist talks has passed, and we're expecting ...
What polar inhabitants want from a climate deal
While the climate talks in Paris are carrying on in full force, it's important to keep in mind that most ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to terminate climate change – and promote vegetarianism
"I don't give a damn if we agree about climate change" - this is how a post on Arnold Schwarzenegger's ...
COP talks tackle the issue of biggest polluters — wolves in sheep’s clothing
Should dirty energy companies have a voice in climate talks? Can government figures, known to receive money from the oil ...
Chinese artist vacuumed smog and turned it into a brick
As China's cities struggle with smog more and more, one man has started an interesting project to raise awareness: he ...
After the climate talks in Paris, the real work begins
The Climate Summit in Paris may or may not create a binding agreement for countries to limit their greenhouse gas ...
NASA shows how much CO2 we really pump into the atmosphere
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have never been higher: the average global CO2 levels have reached the 400 parts ...
20 Years of International Climate Change Politics: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Philipp Pattberg, a professor of transnational environmental governance and policy at VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, focuses on the study of ...
Large corporations are buying 75% more clean energy than last year
Starting November 30, the world's leaders will meet in Paris at the UN summit for climate change to discuss a ...
Climate change: It’s real, and it’s up to us
The little things we do matter: being more responsible with the resources we use, walking that extra stop, even speaking ...
