Paris Agreement

China’s climate diplomacy cannot be fully appreciated without recognising its dual identity of both a developing country and a great... Read more

The UK’s government and oil companies are on a collision course with international efforts to avoid dangerous climate change, says Bob Ward. Remedial action is necessary to keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree temperature goal in sight. Read more

This policy brief describes the nature and characteristics of climate lobbying by companies and its influence on climate change policy, then offers recommendations to private and public actors on how to govern climate lobbying so that it does not undermine implementation of the Paris Agreement. Read more

The ‘Daily Mail’ has a long track record of promoting climate change denial. Its coverage of climate change before and after COP26 has been no exception says Bob Ward Read more

The oil and gas (O&G) industry faces an existential threat from the transition to a low-carbon economy. Companies are increasingly... Read more

The emissions reductions targets so far set by the oil and gas sector are well off track to keep global... Read more

This paper seeks to establish a typology of different climate club models and inject a greater sense of political realism into current debates on the feasibility of these models. Read more

Nick Robins explains why the real test for the just transition to net zero will be in the global south. Read more

In this article which considers China's efforts to cut its carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement targets Chunping Xie says that a failure to cut emissions early will prove more costly in the long run. Read more

In this feature article Chunping Xie comments on research paper which assesses the efforts required by China to contribute to... Read more