Green Climate Fund

Activists are horrified by a climate conference in one of richest petrostates on the planet. Remind me why they went?

Why I’m here with colleagues and allies at COP28? Because civil society is capable of exerting power to balance corporate interests and protect the global co-operation process — as imperfect as it is.

COP28 must deliver a global agreement to phase out fossil fuel production. 

COP28 outcomes must be explicit — systems transformations to build climate resilience do not include coal, oil and gas investments.

Sunil Kumar watched helplessly in July as his home and 14 others were washed away by intense monsoon rains lashing the Indian Himalayas.

Developed countries pledged $9.3 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change at a conference held in the German city of Bonn on Thursday, October 5, 2023, authorities said. However, nongovernmental groups criticized the outcome, saying the funds fall short of what is needed to tackle climate change.

A peer-reviewed paper proposes that the top 21 polluting companies pay $5.4 trillion over 26 years to compensate for climate damages.

Environmental campaigners protested on Friday, June 02, 2017, against President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord