Climate Civics

Agroecology to drive high-value sustainable development

As the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference enters the closing days, many of the highest-value areas of climate-related investment and transformation remain largely untapped by the mainstream economy. While the negotiations in Belém, at the edge of the Amazon region, have advanced new initiatives for sharing science insights and investing in conservation, it is important that we not overlook theContinue reading “Agroecology to drive high-value sustainable development”

EAT-Lancet Commission finds food systems can support human & planetary health

Food systems are one of the major drivers of Nature loss and climate disruption, in all regions of the world. Agricultural and land use practices developed in a time when the human population was much smaller, and our industrial resource-extraction capabilities were more modest, are now putting future food security itself at risk. Last month,Continue reading “EAT-Lancet Commission finds food systems can support human & planetary health”

Belém is an opportunity to avoid costly economic breakdown

The COP30 round of UN Climate Change negotiations in Belém, Brazil, offers many opportunities for expanding investment into climate action and its everyday benefits. In many ways, Belém provides a unique opportunity to take those benefits far beyond clmate priorities, to support improved conditions across whole economies. For a long time, one of the greatContinue reading “Belém is an opportunity to avoid costly economic breakdown”

Make trade work for everyone

Climate value must be built into all decisions on trade By Steve Valk As the world strives to meet the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to keep the increase in temperature from exceeding the 1.5°C threshold, international trade has the potential to be the driver of best-case outcomes for people and for theContinue reading “Make trade work for everyone”

Cooperative innovation in energy, food, finance & trade can halt climate breakdown

Ahead of the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, CCI is calling for a significant increase in multilateral climate cooperation, in line with Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement. 32 years have passed since the community of nations formally agreed to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Since the Paris AgreementContinue reading “Cooperative innovation in energy, food, finance & trade can halt climate breakdown”