As the EUDR enters a new phase, global efforts to address deforestation are shifting from compliance to broader cooperation on forests, climate, and trade ahead of COP 31.
The governments of Canada and Alberta have announced new details on an oil pipeline while significantly weakening the industrial carbon price. Doubling down on oil and gas while much of the world is transitioning away from fossil fuels sets Canada on a path toward greater economic risk and worsening climate impacts.
India’s state-owned energy companies could significantly strengthen the country’s energy security by redirecting INR 2 trillion annually (around $21 billion) from fossil fuel investment towards clean energy projects, IISD said.
EU governments could cut CO₂ emissions via green procurement, but IISD says data gaps in PPDS limit impact tracking, hiding real climate savings potential.
Shovels could hit the ground on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline as early as September 2027, the federal and Alberta governments said Friday, after they announced a plan to gradually increase the province’s effective industrial carbon price to at least $130 a tonne by 2040.
Experts recommend five pillars for countries and the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 31) to use to link their climate and health agendas.
News today of a reported agreement between the federal and Alberta governments that the carbon price paid by industry may not reach CAD 130/tonne until 2040 would represent a significant and unnecessary watering down of the current industrial carbon price.