International policy
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
Mental health problems induced, in part, by climate change are becoming increasingly common as the world warms, including the number of people experi... Read More
The number of new coal plants under development in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region has reached record lows s... Read More
This week, the international court of justice (ICJ) opened two weeks of hearings on states’ climate-related legal obligations – and the consequen... Read More
On 29 November, Ireland will hold its first general election since before the Covid-19 pandemic. Voters will elect new Teachtaí Dála – m... Read More
A global treaty on plastics, which is being touted as the most important environmental treaty since the 2015 Paris Agreement, is set to be negotiated... Read More
China’s historical emissions within its borders have now caused more global warming than the 27 member states of the EU combined, according to new ... Read More