What Have We Achieved and What Needs to Happen Next? — Global Issues

What Have We Achieved and What Needs to Happen Next? — Global Issues

We face a critical time where action needs to be scaled-up dramatically if we are to avoid the worst outcomes from the climate threat. Credit: Guillermo Flores/IPS Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (new york) Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 22 (IPS) – Climate change has…

Will COP28 Catch the Next Green Wave Or Will It Wipe Out? — Global Issues

Will COP28 Catch the Next Green Wave Or Will It Wipe Out? — Global Issues

UAE’s role as COP28 host will be judged on results. Will COP deliver an operational and meaningful loss and damage fund? Will it produce a global stocktake that invigorates international action? How will discussions on a new global finance goal shape up? And will Sultan Al Jaber’s overtures towards the…

Was COP27 a Success or a Failure? — Global Issues

Was COP27 a Success or a Failure? — Global Issues

After days of intense negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on an outcome that established a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters. Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (sharm…

What Must COP27 Deliver? — Global Issues

What Must COP27 Deliver? — Global Issues

A father and son remove their belongings from their flood-damaged home in Taluka, Pakistan. Credit: Research and Development Foundation (RDF) Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (new york) Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Inter Press Service With less than two months remaining before the next climate summit—COP27—begins in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Felix…

Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head? — Global Issues

Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head? — Global Issues

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa addresses the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Her second, three-year term as head of UNFCCC ends in July. Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (new york) Monday, June 20, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 20 (IPS) – With Patricia Espinosa due to step…