Soils are more than carbon sinks Published: 12 December 2018 Agriculture and climate change are closely linked, and soils store vast amounts of carbon. But what happens when carbon sequestration in the fields of smallholders becomes a new focus in climate and agricultural policies? By Magdalena Heuwieser
What's at stake for COP 24? Published: 27 November 2018 Briefing The Katowice UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Katowice from the 3rd till the 14th of December 2018. By Don Lehr
Over 200 Global Food Movement Leaders and Organizations Reject "Gene Drives" Published: 16 October 2018 Press release
IPCC Special Report on 1.5: Limiting global warming without temperature "overshoot" Published: 10 October 2018 Analysis The IPCC Special Report on 1.5 opts for a rigorous interpretation of the 1.5 limit on global warming. It has good reasons to do so: "Overshooting" that target risks irreversible impacts and damage for societies and ecosystems, and increases reliance on unproven, high-risk geoengineering technologies. By Linda Schneider
Introduction: Radical Realism Published: 18 September 2018 This dossier aims to give a broad overview of exciting new and old pathways towards a climate-just 1.5°C world. Pathways that are grounded in radical, social and environmental justice-based agendas for political change.
Radical Realism for Climate Justice Published: 18 September 2018 Dossier Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial is feasible. Our Dossier is a civil society response to the challenge of such a limitation that's also paving the way for climate justice. Because it’s is neither ‘naïve’ nor ‘politically unfeasible’, it is radically realistic.
Not A Silver Bullet Published: 30 August 2018 Why the focus on insurance to address loss and damage is a distraction from real solutions. pdf
The illusion of green flying Published: 21 September 2018 A new climate agreement intended to ensure “carbon-neutral growth” in international aviation could lead to a massive increase in demand for problematic offsetting projects. By Magdalena Heuwieser
Fossil-Fuel Doublespeak Published: 15 August 2018 On paper, almost every government in the world is committed to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and keeping global temperatures limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. But too many governments, parroting the oil and gas industry's misleading claims, are actually supporting the expansion of fossil fuel production. By Lili Fuhr and Hannah McKinnon
