International policy
This year marks a decade since nations successfully negotiated the Paris Agreement, a landmark treaty that has been the guiding force for internation... Read More
A major fund for biodiversity remains starved of resources more than five months after its launch – with no money yet put forward by the large comp... Read More
Hunger has, on average, fallen worldwide after hitting 15-year highs in 2021 and 2022. This is one of the key findings from the latest “State of... Read More
The highest court of the UN has issued a landmark “advisory opinion” stating that nations can be held legally accountable for their greenhouse-ga... Read More
One in three people in informal settlements in the global south live in floodplains and are at risk of a “disastrous flood”. That is according... Read More
The global energy transition is now “unstoppable” due to “smart economics”, UN secretary-general António Guterres has said in an online spee... Read More
Australia is heading to the polls for a general election on 3 May. The ruling centre-left Labor party has for the past three years attempted to fi... Read More
A Conservative victory over the Liberals in the Canadian election could lead to nearly 800m extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next de... Read More
The Trump administration in the US has imposed tariffs on all imports from China, Mexico and Canada, as well as on steel, aluminium and cars from aro... Read More
Countries have agreed at the resumed COP16 talks in Rome to a strategy for "mobilising" at least $200bn per year by 2030 to help developing countries... Read More
A federal election is taking place in Germany on 23 February, following the collapse of the coalition government at the end of last year. Germans ... Read More
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