Are Japan and Korea Violating the OECD Agreement on Coal?
The findings from the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5 and UNEP Emissions Gap report made clear that global emissio...
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UN Emissions Gap Report: It's Time to Take Drastic Action
This week, the United Nations Environmental Programme released The Emissions Gap Report . As implied by the title, the report shows that there is still a huge...
The Questionable Future of Overseas Coal Investments
If public and private institutions alike continue to finance new coal capacity, it will be impossible to achieve climate goals. It is very clear that coal is no...
IPCC 1.5°C Report: Don’t Despair There’s a Solutions Chapter
We have the right technologies and strategies needed to transform the global economy, we just need to speed up their deployment starting now....
Is the World Bank Ending Financing for Coal? Only in Kosovo…
President Jim Kim has announced the World Bank will not finance a coal plant in Kosovo. Unfortunately, the World Bank Group (IFC) will continue funding coal thr...
IPCC 1.5°C Report: A Call to Transform Our Energy System
The IPCC Special Report on 1.5C calls for immediate reductions in coal, oil and gas to avoid lockin-in high-carbon infrastructure, and calls for a rapid scaling...