Tracking progress en route from Madrid to Glasgow
In a parallel universe, we would be gathered this week in Glasgow for COP26, but instead we are…
How are cities actually racing to zero?
One of the toughest parts of fulfilling the Paris Agreement goals is understanding the path to success. What…
A blueprint to enhance United Nations collaboration with local and regional governments
The United Nations is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2020, under the shadows of a once-in-a-century pandemic, serious…
Accelerating the Race to Zero carbon: Multiple paths leading to the same destination
From left to right: Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of Environment of Japan; Minna Arve, Mayor of Turku, Finland; Ashok…
Local Governments Seek Participation in Nationally Determined Contributions
On the day that it was announced that COP26 will be postponed a full year because of the…
After COP25, frustration over decisions but even more hope on local climate action
The longest-ever climate conference, COP25, concluded on Sunday. The talks punted a number of meaningful decisions to 2020, and some results were even cause for disappointment. But those of us working for local and regional governments are used to taking the lead on ambition. While we are frustrated at the lack of progress on the decisions coming out of the negotiations, we still found four reasons to remain hopeful after this COP25.
Top 5 takeaways for cities and regions from the UN Climate Action Summit
For this year’s Climate Action Summit in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on leaders to bring…
When science meets policy and practice: Top 3 ways to achieve Paris goals
We need to dig in and build stronger links between climate science, urban policy and practice. The interconnection…
COP23 is on track to set the scene for multilevel, multistakeholder climate action. This is how success could look
Every year, there is a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Climate Change Conference of the…
Building the architecture for global sustainability action: Time for strong coalitions
2016 marked the end of an important period in which nations sought political consensus around the global development…