The 2023 climate risk landscape
The past few years have demonstrated a remarkable level of volatility. Efforts to establish a “new normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic were interrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and a wave of
Global Warming
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Are the G7 pulling their weight on climate?
This weekend the members of the G7 will meet in the UK, in a year that marks an important deadline for countries to bring forward stronger climate targets. All of the G7 governments, covering roughly half
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Stop burning our rights! What governments and corporations must do to protect humanity from the climate crisis
The climate emergency is a human rights crisis of unprecedented proportions. Climate change threatens the enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of present and future generations
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Feeling the heat: the fate of nature beyond 1.5°C of global warming
Some of our most treasured species are in danger if world leaders fail to deliver strong commitments for the COP26 climate summit, according to a new report published by WWF. ‘Feeling the Heat: The fate
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Global annual to decadal climate update
Odds are increasing that the annual average global temperature will rise beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in at least one of the next five years, the UN weather agency warns in a new report. The
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Climate summit momentum: Paris commitments improved warming estimate to 2.4°C
In this briefing, the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) estimates global warming by 2100 to be at an all-time low of 2.4°C. Due to recent climate action announcements at President Biden’s Leaders Summit on
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Long-term strategies in SIDS: blueprints for decarbonised and resilient 1.5°C compatible economies
This briefing outlines why long-term strategies are a fundamental component of national climate policy architecture, and how SIDS can benefit from developing one, both directly in terms of prioritising
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1.5°C-consistent benchmarks for enhancing Japan’s 2030 climate target
This policy brief discusses economy-wide and sector-level benchmarks in 2030 and beyond for Japan to be consistent with the Paris Agreement’s long-term 1.5°C warming limit, based on recent analyses by
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Running hot: accelerating Europe's path to Paris
How is Europe’s corporate sector progressing against the Paris agreement? The 2020 CDP Europe Report, Running hot, shows that while there is strong progress in reducing carbon emissions by many of Europe’s
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The risks to Australia of a 3°C warmer world
This report synthesises the observed impacts of climate change on Australia and the risk to the future of the current global trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions. It focuses on the consequences of 3°C
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Pathways to net zero emissions
Since the 2018 release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s special report on ways to limit global warming to 1.5°C, which stated the need to reach global “net zero” emissions by 2050,