Recent election victories for leftist parties in France and the United Kingdom may herald a new era of climate policymaking in Europe. Britain’s new Labour government has ambitious plans to expand renewable-energy …
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It is a truism in the business world that vision without execution is a hallucination, and execution without vision is futile. The same principle applies to global policy: ambitions without …
A new report from Development Initiatives, titled ‘Climate finance: Earning trust through consistent reporting,’ explores the climate finance reporting landscape and highlights a central issue: there is no agreement on …
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80+ Organisations Say Carbon Offsetting Undermines Climate Targets
In a joint statement, over 80 civil society organisations have outlined their opposition to the use of carbon credits for offsetting purposes, arguing it could delay climate action. In the …
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Razan Al Mubarak Spotlights Africa’s Role in Preserving Nature
The Africa Conservation Forum held in Nairobi, Kenya this week was designed to shape Africa’s public policy toward nature conservation ahead of the World Conservation Congress 2025, set to take …
In 2016, former European Commission President Jacques Delors said that if EU policies “jeopardize cohesion and sacrifice social standards,” then “the European project has no chance of winning the support of European citizens.” …
It has been a difficult few weeks for those of us committed to achieving a greener, more progressive Europe. In the European Parliament election, far-right parties won some 20% of the …
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PCHR Hosts Fireside Chat on Advancing Women’s Participation in Public Policy
The UAE Permanent Committee for Human Rights (PCHR) recently hosted a fireside chat on women’s participation in public policy, in collaboration with the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA) and with …
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and EFRAG have jointly published a mapping of the correspondence between the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the TNFD’s recommended disclosures and …
A problem as unprecedentedly large and destructive as climate change demands bold new thinking and urgent action. Yet since the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, geopolitical tensions have …
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