COP26: Asking the wrong questions
Will COP26 be a success? Will it be the breakthrough moment, when a historic deal is agreed that turns a corner in the trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions and…
The fight against fossils: are we beginning to win?
Protest against coal-seam gas (known as coal-bed methane in the UK) in Australia. Image: No CSG Illawarra. Tomorrow is the world's first ever Global Divestment Day. I'm quite excited. The…
COP Captured: time to go beyond government
Photo: UKYCC (Source The corporate sponsorship of the 19th United Nations climate conference, or COP19, was so blatant that it made me thoroughly rethink who rules the world. There were…
What to make of today's UN arms trade treaty
by Daniel Lee I've just returned from New York, where in July and for the last two weeks I've been working with Control Arms to campaign for a strong and…
Durban could yet be a chapter in the story of how we stopped climate change
Image: UNFCC. If a successful campaign needs a story, then since 2009 the global climate movement has been in deep trouble. We certainly started off with a great story. I…
Don’t be fooled – the UK isn’t trying to save the climate
Murray Worthy, policy officer at the World Development Movement writes from the UN climate talks in Durban Cross posted from the World Development Movement's Durban Watch blog If you have…
UN climate deal on the brink ahead of Durban talks
The UN climate talks, COP17, begin at the end of November. This could be the last chance to save the current international climate deal. The first period of the Kyoto…
Is there a political solution to halt genocide in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan?
Guest post by Tim Flatman, who has recently returned from South Sudan. Is genocide always an irrational action carried out by a despot who has lost his grasp on reality, or…
Report on the Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy
The Global Commission on Drug Policy reported this week. The Commission included current and former presidents and prime ministers, secretaries of state etc from of a number of countries, Kofi…