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Members of the Indigenous Environmental Network demonstrate against carbon markets at COP26 in Glasgow. Hanae Takahashi/Friends of the Earth Japan

What the outcomes of COP26 mean in practice

Climate policy expert Stephen Leonard gives insights on the outcomes of COP26, including deforestation pledges and carbon markets.

 
Alok Sharma, president of COP26, shed tears at the end of the summit in disappointment of the resulting pact among nations. UK Government, Flickr

COP26 signals phase-down of coal with increased ambition to keep 1.5 degrees alive

As world heads for exceeding 1.5 degrees of global warming, pacts and pledges made at COP26 disappoint and raise skepticism.

 

“Nature” has its moment at the center of COP26 discussions

Nature-based solutions take center stage in negotiations on Paris Agreement at UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow

 

What should we expect COP26 to achieve for climate change?

Live Q&A with COP expert and international lawyer Stephen Leonard.

 
Under an executive order from U.S. President Joe Biden, the country's rejoining of the Paris Agreement on climate change enters into force 19 February 2021. Gage Skidmore, Flickr

U.S. formally rejoins Paris Agreement as Biden rolls out ambitious climate program

U.S rejoins Paris Agreement with increased emissions reduction targets, serving as example for other countries to follow suit.

 
Luxembourg, the world's 20th-smallest country, is regarded as a international leader in sustainable finance. Shirota Yuri, Unsplash

Luxembourg launches a strategy to boost sustainable finance

The Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI) will promote investment solutions for a global economic transition.

 
A child wears a mask to protect herself from dangerous emissions from forest fires in Indonesia. Aulia Erlangga, CIFOR

COVID lockdowns inconsequential for temperatures as global warming on track to rise above 3 degrees

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President-elect Joe Biden on the campaign trail in Iowa in August, 2019. Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons

Biodiversity is expected to see biggest gain in generation on Biden’s election to U.S.

What policies does the upcoming Biden administration have in store for biodiversity and other aspects of the environment?

 
Janene Yazzie, member of the Diné tribe and Indigenous activist. Pilar Valbuena, GLF

What the COP 25 demonstrations mean for Indigenous rights

A statement from Indigenous leader Janene Yazzie on what the COP 25 demonstrations mean in the broader context of ongoing negotiations.

 
Aris Sanjaya, CIFOR

A scientific lens on gender issues at COP 25

Two scientists on why rights rather than carbon must be at the core of landscape projects

 
Demonstrators protest against Article 6 and its potential effects on Indigenous communities. Friends of the Earth International, Flickr

Would a decision on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement do more harm than good?

Halfway through COP 25 in Madrid, climate policy analyst Steve Leonard gives his views on the negotiations happening around Article 6 and carbon markets.

 
Biofuels such as sustainable charcoal could provide alternatives to more emissions-intensive energy sources. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

Carbon emissions failing to decline, even with international targets, IEA says

Emissions have reached an all-time high since the signing of the Paris Agreement

 
Courtesy of UNFCCC, Flickr

Will the “missing piece” of the Paris Agreement be decided this week?

At COP 25, climate finance expert Jeff Swartz explains why countries are struggling to negotiate Article 6 on carbon markets.

 
The 25th U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP 25) is held 2–13 December 2019 in Madrid under the Presidency of the Government of Chile. Melissa Kaye Angel, GLF

Participants of COP 25 on what they expect from the year’s pinnacle climate event

As COP 25 kicks off in Madrid, Landscape News talked youth, Indigenous women and scientists about their hopes and concerns for the U.N. climate conference.

 
The UNFCCC Climate Change conference, known as COP 25, will be held in Madrid. Michael Hirst, Flickr

Meatless meat, the next oil glut and a big win for Extinction Rebellion

In this bi-weekly digest: COP 25 moves to Madrid, Italy teaches climate change to kids, and why the Paris agreement pledges aren’t enough.

 

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