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Climate diplomacy: no more time to waste
The new IPCC report on climate impacts and vulnerability is an urgent call for action. As climate disaster accelerates, we need new treaties on coal, forests & oil. By Anthony Burke
Pacific elders’ statement on Pacific security
The new US Indo-Pacific strategy was developed with little consultation with Pacific nations. Here, Pacific elders challenge the absence of Pacific peoples from the “Indo-Pacific” and stress their security needs for peace, reparations and climate action.
Climate justice & climate delay
Ahead of the crucial Glasgow climate meeting, emerging economies are opposing joint action towards a net zero world by 2050. But in the wake of new research, their framing of climate justice is no longer tenable. By Anthony Burke.
Climate vulnerables’ manifesto for COP26
The civil society climate movement and climate vulnerable states are at odds over whether the Glasgow meeting of the Paris Agreement should be postponed. As the time left to act runs out, we highlight the creative demands put to COP26 by climate vulnerable countries.
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