Climate Change
Leaders at COP26 Are ‘Massively Killing the Paris Agreement,’ Critics Say...
"The deal on the table is a death sentence for millions of those on the frontlines."
By Julia Conley
November 12, 2021
After nearly two weeks of negotiations,...
Cop26 was a failure. But the people’s alternative can still be...
Has COP26, which has wound up in Glasgow after two weeks of political showboating and grassroots protest, been a failure?
In one sense the answer...
Why are you asking us to compromise on our lives?
by Vijay Prashad
Nov.12, 2021
photo: Hwang Jeongeun
Dear friends,
Greeting from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
Nothing useful seemed to emerge from the United...
Greta Thunberg dismisses COP26 pact: ‘The real work continues outside these...
Nov.13, 2021
Greta Thunberg criticized the final deal reached by global leaders at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday, saying "the real...
India criticised over coal at Cop26 – but real villain was...
Experts say country’s watering down of fossil fuel pledge reflected its lack of choices
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen
14 Nov 2021photo: Divyakant Solanki/EPA
It was a dramatic 11th-hour...
U.S.-China Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s
November 10, 2021
1.The United States and China recall their Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis of April 17th, 2021. They are committed to its...
Cop26 may be extended as criticism mounts over insufficient commitments on...
Nov. 11, 2021
COP26 delegates were warned today that negotiations on climate action may have to be extended through the weekend, as criticism mounts over...
200+ Global Scientists Say Urgent and ‘Large-Scale Actions’ Mandatory to Keep...
The scientists warned that some climate impacts "are irreversible for generations to come."
By Andrea Germanos
November 11, 2021
As a global group of hundreds of scientists...
Climate change, planning and the lessons we can learn from Cuba
CAMPAIGNERS and unions are right to call for an affordable, universal and comprehensive transport system as the only way to cut carbon emissions from...
Carbon tax over-rated
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Nov.8, 2021
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR: Addressing global warming requires cutting carbon emissions by almost half by 2030! For the...