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Spotlight: Road to COP 26
G20 Members Must Commit Now to Reducing Fossil Fuel Spending
As governments put their COVID-19 recovery strategies into action, they must ensure that public funds go to support the energy transition, rather than perpetuate past reliance on fossil fuels.
Five Steps to a Fossil-free COVID Recovery for Every Government to Follow
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments have spent billions of dollars bailing out coal, oil and gas. Here’s how they can pivot to clean energy.
Nature-Based Infrastructure: A powerful tool for women's empowerment in climate adaptation
Women are hit hardest by climate change, yet they are key to effective and inclusive climate adaptation.
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Scaling up Nature-Based Infrastructure for People and Planet
Nature-based infrastructure can help us deal with climate change and build a better future for communities worldwide
How big companies can help to end hunger
So far, the private sector has been waiting and watching. Now we need visionary companies to step up and join us.
Just Transition Measures for a Green Recovery
Philip Gass explains how a just transition can ensure workers and communities aren’t left behind by the green recovery.
How Can Renewables Help Us Through the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Richard Bridle, co-author of Achieving A Fossil-Free Recovery, explains why governments should put renewable energy at the heart of their recovery.
Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and Taxation: Tools for a green recovery
Joachim Roth suggests two key ways to fund energy transitions during the COVID-19 recovery: fossil fuel subsidy reform and green taxation.
Carbon and Controversy: Why we need global cooperation on BCAs
Ambitious climate action and concerns about economic competitiveness and fair burden sharing require a collaborative discussion, not trade wars.
The Disparity Between Climate Commitments and Spending
Are governments missing a historic opportunity to fund green transitions? How has the pandemic affected the energy system? Tom Moerenhout explains.
Five Key Principles for a Fossil-Free Recovery
Lourdes Sanchez, lead author of Achieving a Fossil-Free Recovery, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has created a window of opportunity to fund a green recovery, along with five principles to do so.
National Oil Companies and Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions
Policy-makers and climate activists alike often overlook NOCs’ role in global efforts to address climate change.
UN Negotiations to Reform Investor–State Arbitration Reach Critical Juncture
Nearly four years in, UN talks to reform investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) are now reaching a critical juncture as negotiators prepare to reconvene in May 2021.