International Climate Law Needs Teeth by Ralph Regenvanu
An advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice last year left no doubt that states have a legal obligation…
Fossil fuel transition summit seeks progress beyond stalled COP talks
A recent climate conference in Colombia that was the first to focus on transitioning away from fossil fuels has been…
Sixty countries head to Santa Marta to cement coalition for fossil fuel transition
Almost 60 governments are due to gather in the Colombian city of Santa Marta this week for what is being…
To phase out fossil fuels, developing countries need exit route from “debt trap”
High levels of national debt in parts of the Global South could hinder efforts to move away from fossil fuels,…
Ministers: Fossil fuel crisis offers chance to speed up energy transition
The fossil fuel crisis triggered by the Iran war should push nations to speed up their shift towards clean energy…
Fossil-Fuel Investments Are a Fiduciary Risk by Nicole Martens
The Iran war has reminded everyone, but especially Africans, of the structural instability of fossil-fuel prices. For African trustees, directors,…
Is the US Falling Victim to the Resource Curse? by Jeffrey Frankel
The argument that the natural-resource curse is at work in the US rests on the assumption that rising oil and…
Fossil Free Zones can be on-ramps to the clean energy transition
Cecilia Requena is a Bolivian senator with Parliamentarians for a Fossil Free Future and Juan Pablo Osornio is engagement and…
Colombia pledges to exit investment protection system
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced last week that his government will “withdraw from the international investment arbitration system because the…
Iran war could boost fossil fuel phase-out push, says Colombian minister
The global energy shock triggered by the Iran war could give countries the chance to build a “new geopolitical balance”…
Middle East war is another wake-up call for fossil fuel-reliant food systems
Lena Luig is the head of the International Agricultural Policy Division at the Heinrich Böll Foundation, a member of the…
Roadmap launched to restart deadlocked UN plastics treaty talks
Diplomats will hold a series of informal meetings this year in a bid to revive stalled talks over a global…
As Trump’s attacks on science escalate, Big Oil moves to avoid legal accountability
Carly Phillips is a research scientist with the Science Hub for Climate Litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists. The…
UN climate chief attacks “delusional” fossil fuel investments
Doubling down on fossil fuels in response to the spikes in oil and gas prices unleashed by the Iran war…
Why women’s leadership is central to unlocking the global phaseout of fossil fuels
Osprey Orielle Lake is founder and executive director of The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) and a steering…