Opinion / #climate law
As lobbyists flood plastic treaty talks, negotiators must uphold the rule of law to prevent corporate capture, including existing guidelines to stop the tobacco industry — a major source of plastic waste — from influencing policies.
Carbon & Climate
The case for a global climate assembly
Although most people care deeply about addressing the climate crisis, only a minority of respondents in recent surveys trust their governments to achieve a fair and just net-zero transition.
Policy & Finance
Climate litigation can power China’s low-carbon transition
Climate litigation is steadily growing in China, but a different approach from the Global North, involving the proactive role of state agencies, could be more effective in ensuring compliance with climate policies across local governments.
Carbon & Climate
Could the low-carbon economy bill re-write the Philippines’ future?
House Bill 7705, the low carbon economy bill, could help the climate-vulnerable nation seize the economic opportunities that come with decarbonisation.
All #climate law Opinion
9 November 2023
Policy & Finance
Getting from climate pledges to climate action
19 September 2023
Policy & Finance
The siren song of climate authoritarianism
15 March 2023
Carbon & Climate
Environmental rights as human rights in Asean: Why not?
25 January 2023
6 January 2023
Policy & Finance
Could we sue Mother Earth for storm damage?
30 August 2022
Carbon & Climate
Rays of hope in the climate struggle
17 June 2021
6 January 2021
Carbon & Climate
Mongabay founder Rhett A. Butler: 11 things to watch in 2021
Most popular
-
![A palm oil harvesters cutting down fruit bunch]()
News / Food & Agriculture
RSPO on new standards: Human rights due diligence is here to stay
EB Studio The rules will ensure safeguards are in place to strengthen labour conditions and close loopholes to curtail land … -
![Eye_of_storm_NASA_Typhoon_Maysak]()
News / Carbon & Climate
Record-breaking Philippines typhoon season was ‘supercharged’ by climate change
This year’s record-breaking typhoon season in the Philippines – which saw six consecutive storm systems hit the country … -
![Timber_Logging_Indonesia_Renewable_Energy]()
Indonesia has committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2060, but its reliance on biofuels could create new … -
![CSIRO_solar panel]()
News / Carbon & Climate
Sustainability innovations that made headlines in 2024
Climate tech financing has dwindled in recent years, while investor doubts on alternative proteins persist. In a difficult … -
![European Commission_women_Myanmar crisis]()
News / Carbon & Climate
Trapped between conflict and climate disaster, women in Myanmar find limited channels to seek social support: research
Forced conscription has led to an exodus of men, forcing women to take on the role of primary … -
![Skyway_Children_Bangkok]()
News / Policy & Finance
Developing countries’ debt fears increase with new climate finance
Pakistan's Sherry Rehman said climate finance debt is pushing developing countries into "recovery traps".
