Sarah Steffen writes on the Deutsche Welle website about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) falling behind, with climate change, conflict and underinvestment threatening progress. With just under five years left to complete the UN's SDGs, a new report shows what's hampering progress. And what the solutions are. Conflict, climate, no cash: Why poverty … Continue reading Climate, conflict and the race to 2030
Category: climate justice
Britain’s emerging cooling divide
In an article on The Conversation website, Rory Jones, Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Reading, writes about the emergence of a "cooling divide" in the UK, where climate adaptation is becoming increasingly unequal. Climate adaptation is becoming a matter of social inequality, not simply rising temperatures and cooling is becoming … Continue reading Britain’s emerging cooling divide
Canada’s energy and climate transition: climate credibility is on trial
Natasha Bulowski writes on the National Observer website about government accountability for climate commitments and whether Canada still has a credible plan to meet its emissions targets after rolling back key climate policies. The issue is not simply whether Canada has ambitious climate targets, but whether it still has a credible, legally defensible plan to … Continue reading Canada’s energy and climate transition: climate credibility is on trial
A cautionary tale for global climate finance
In an article on The Conversation website Freddie Daley, Research Associate, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex and Charlie Lawrie, Postdoctoral associate, University of Sussex argue that Indonesia's failure to close the Cirebon-1 coal plant exposes fundamental flaws in the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) model, particularly its reliance on private finance to … Continue reading A cautionary tale for global climate finance
The hidden legal barrier to ending fossil fuels
Susan Ann Samuel, Postdoctoral Researcher, International Climate Politics, University of Leeds and Gunjan Soni Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Mahindra University write on The Conversation website about the process known as the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). The article argues that international investment rules known as ISDS are becoming a major obstacle to phasing … Continue reading The hidden legal barrier to ending fossil fuels
Across Catalonia in Spain, an alternative housing system is emerging: a path to addressing inequality and climate change
Adriana Allen, Professor of Development Planning and Urban Sustainability, UCL and Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, Associate Professor, Economics and Urban Transformation, Universitat de Barcelona write on The Conversation website about Catalonia’s ten-year shift from housing “market” to housing “system” that demonstrates how embedding human rights in decarbonisation unlocks social-economic change. Europe needs affordable, low‑carbon homes – … Continue reading Across Catalonia in Spain, an alternative housing system is emerging: a path to addressing inequality and climate change
Energy in Demand, March 29-30, 2026
Oil and gas companies including Norway’s Equinor and a lobby group backed by Shell, TotalEnergies and ConocoPhillips have called for the EU to drop an effective ban on future drilling in the Arctic, according to the Financial Times. More than 10 oil and gas companies and industry groups seized on arguments about energy security in … Continue reading Energy in Demand, March 29-30, 2026
South Africa’s energy transition: national electricity utility faces reality
In an article on The Conversation website, Angela van der Berg, Director of the Global Environmental Law Centre; Associate Professor Department of Public Law & Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape writes about a court decision that is solidly behind renewables. South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going … Continue reading South Africa’s energy transition: national electricity utility faces reality
Farmers in America win lawsuit to restore USDA climate data
Frida Garza writes on the Grist website about the controversy over sharing climate data. Shortly after President Donald Trump took office last January, employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture were reportedly instructed to flag and delete any webpages that mentioned climate change. Farmers won their legal case. But this story does reflect the problems … Continue reading Farmers in America win lawsuit to restore USDA climate data
U.S. retreat creates an opportunity for a new environmental alliance in the Americas
In an article on The Conversation website, Alexandra R Harrington, Visiting Scholar, McGill University Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University explains the current situation vis-à-vis the Trump Administration provides an opportunity for other countries in the Americas to take action on climate change without the United States. Countries … Continue reading U.S. retreat creates an opportunity for a new environmental alliance in the Americas
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