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Far view of a thermal power plant in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.

Analysis: Only five proposals for coal plants remain across OECD’s 38 countries

The number of new coal plants under development in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region has reached record lows s... Read More

Guest posts | Dec 19. 2024.
Cattle in wooded environment.

Guest post: The conflicting practices in using land to tackle climate change

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere using land-based mitigation strategies is central to nearly every country’s net-zero target.  To mitigate ... Read More

Guest posts | Dec 5. 2024.
Aerial view Greenland's ice sheet.

Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2024

The Greenland ice sheet melt season for this year is over, resulting in the 28th year in a row in which Greenland has lost ice.  This has bee... Read More

Guest posts | Nov 26. 2024.
Ash covered Skaftafell glacier in Iceland.

Guest post: What 1.5C overshoot would mean for climate impacts and adaptation

With average global temperatures set to see another record high this year, the chances of holding warming to no more than 1.5C continue to dwindle. ... Read More

Guest posts | Nov 11. 2024.
Baku, Azerbaijan.

Guest post: How COP29 host Azerbaijan could boost growth through climate action

Azerbaijan’s economy is highly dependent on fossil-fuel exports, making its economic prospects vulnerable to rising emissions-cutting ambition arou... Read More

COP29 Baku | Nov 1. 2024.
The Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus.

Guest post: The growing threat of climate-sensitive infectious diseases

Ahead of the Paris Olympic Games this summer, the organising committee was concerned about two principal diseases: Covid, which Europe is fully famil... Read More

Guest posts | Oct 15. 2024.
A man tries to keep cool by a fountain during a heatwave in France.

Guest post: Heat stress thresholds are not designed for vulnerable groups

As global temperatures rise, vast swathes of the global population are experiencing heat extremes that they have never faced before. In some parts... Read More

Guest posts | Oct 7. 2024.
A press briefing at COP28 in Dubai. Credit: IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis

Guest post: How to track progress towards the ‘global goal on adaptation’?

At COP28 in Dubai last November, countries agreed specific global targets on adaptation for the first time.  This marked a significant step f... Read More

Guest posts | Oct 7. 2024.
Solar panels and wind turbines in a field

Guest post: How solar geoengineering could disrupt wind and solar power

Solar geoengineering has been suggested as a temporary measure to buy time for the emissions cuts needed to stabilise global temperatures. These a... Read More

Guest posts | Oct 3. 2024.
Large vehicles submerged in floodwater, Worcestershire, UK.

Guest post: The forgotten role of logistics in achieving net-zero

Logistics is often thought of as merely the process of moving things from one place to another. The appearance of the word on the sides of lorries... Read More

Guest posts | Sep 23. 2024.
Coal-fired power plant, in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Guest post: Just 15 countries account for 98% of new coal-power development

Over the past 10 years, the global energy transition away from coal has accelerated. The number of countries with coal power under development (pre-c... Read More

Coal | Sep 3. 2024.
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