Oct 22, 2026 | COP31
The COP31 Action Agenda is a set of priorities laid out by the Türkiye Presidency to reflect their national priorities and positioning, designed to align with the Global Climate Action Agenda, or GCAA. This five-year plan launched at COP31 will connect non-state...
Oct 22, 2026 | COP31
The current commitment landscape, and finance shortfallsThe first Global Stocktake, a review of collective progress towards the Paris Agreement target of a 1.5ºC limit to warming, shows progress has been made [1]. Warming trajectories have reduced from...
Oct 22, 2026 | COP31
From Dialogue to Decision: The Fight Over a Blue COP31 Sunlight makes the ocean shimmer like glass. Beneath it, fish move through coral gardens, seagrass swings with the current and mangroves hold their roots in the mud. It looks peaceful. But the ocean carries a...
Oct 22, 2026 | COP31
Cities are home to more than half of the world’s population and generate 80% of global GDP [1]. Therefore, making cities more resilient to the impacts of the climate crisis is critical to a sustainable future. This is not a future concern but an immediate one,...
Oct 21, 2026 | COP31
The Rio Conventions Going back in time, at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, countries around the world agreed on three different global environment treaties that address climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, together known as the Rio...
Oct 21, 2026 | COP31
Introduction This year is the first year for the UNFCCC’s new Global Climate Action Agenda, launched at COP30 and intended to span 2026 to 2030. The Agenda is a large package of commitments across six thematic areas, including “transitioning energy,...
