Tag: World Politics
Only Pretending To Be Climate Leaders
"Let's be clear—what you are doing is not about climate action or responding to an emergency. It never was," said Greta Thunberg during her...
One Word That Describes G7 Overall Climate Performance: Mediocre
"The G7 has not been a strong, effective leader on climate change, measured in part by its members' carbon dioxide emissions and their investments...
Will Earth Day 2021 Galvanize Climate Action?
This year's Earth Day (on April 22) will again see more than 1 billion people participating in activities around the world to draw attention...
Meeting Paris Targets Requires Full Transformation of the Economy
To reach Paris goals will require a full-out transformation of the global economy. It will demand that we make both individual and collective lifestyle...
Ethically Bankrupt Politicians Are Killing The Planet
In a recent conversation with my colleague Magnus L.H. Haslebo the Co-Founder of the Resistance Group Guerilla and the former Head of Communications for the...
Is The 6% Solution A Game-Changer?
With its Climate Ambition Summit 2020, the United Nations recently celebrated the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Environmental journalist Stephen...
Climate Economics: $8 Trillion In Savings If Paris Targets Are Met
The Paris Agreement is now five years old. And there's only one decade left for the signatories of the accord to achieve their 2030...
The Race To Zero – We Don’t Have Time To Wait
Evidence about the climate breakdowns is mounting daily. Climate change is no longer a slow emergency. It's happening in real time. The world is...
Carbon Pricing Is the Most Silver Bullet-ish Policy We Know Of
To prevent the worst impacts of global heating, we need a whole suite of policy changes. Of them, making carbon pricing predictable is by...
Greta in Davos: Our House Is Still On Fire
"One year ago, I came to Davos and told you that our house is on fire. I said I wanted you to panic. I've...