Steel, Cement and the Border: The Trade Fight Inside the Action Agenda
As a foundation, the Belém Declaration on Global Green Industrialization launched on November 14, 2025, at COP30 provided a framework to scale clean energy, transform industries and drive economic growth [1]. While industrial manufacturing and broader...
Before COP, Beyond Borders: Pacific Voices from Pre-COP at Fiji and Tuvalu
What are pre-COPs? Pre-COPs are official meetings that are held in preparation for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as the Conference of the Parties (COP) [1]. Scheduled to take place approximately one month ahead of COP, they are designed to...
INTERVIEW: ProVeg International on Pushing UNFCCC Conferences towards more Sustainable Food Choices
Why food belongs in climate policy discussions Q1. Food systems are increasingly recognised as an important part of climate action, but they still receive relatively little attention in climate-policy discussions. Why do food systems need to be part of the...
A look into UNFCCC Climate Week 4: From Ambition to Implementation on the way to COP31
UNFCCC Climate Week 4, hosted by the government of Azerbaijan in Baku from 7-11 September 2026, marked a clear shift for global climate policy. The departure from simply negotiating targets showed that the success of climate action will be defined by converting...