The exponential growth of clean-energy access in Africa has amply demonstrated the benefits and potential of technology transfer. Now investment must be scaled up to match the level of opportunity
Global
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Development finance institutions (DFIs) continue to finance investment projects that risk impoverishing rural communities. They need to ensure at-risk communities have access to the technical support they need to navigate complex investment processes
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Digital has a huge role to play in reaching a net-zero world. Alongside advancements in tech, we need bold, radical policy action to close the global digital divide
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The reasons for climate inaction are many and varied. We need a range of strategies to ensure that everyone – from the concerned to the skeptical – takes the action our planet needs to survive
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World leaders must take decisive, collective action at COP26 to avoid planetary catastrophe
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Removing atmospheric CO2 is essential to achieving the 1.5°C goal formulated in Paris. However, the main technologies under development are unlikely to sequester carbon dioxide at the massive scale required. We need to urgently explore new avenues, and invest particularly in ocean-based solutions
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A worldwide movement to protect, manage and restore the land will have fast and wide-ranging benefits. It must be the centerpiece of our global redesign
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Marketing and lobbying in support of bogus “green” solutions is undermining global efforts to halt climate change. The UN must step in to convene an intergovernmental scientific panel that evaluates corporate environmental claims
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A global roadmap for recovery
Global governance
The SDGs provide a ready-made plan for tackling humankind’s two greatest threats: COVID-19 and climate change. The solutions are within our reach
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The phasing out of fossil fuels must be fair to all, including those communities dependent on polluting industries. Yet policies to achieve this ‘just transition’ remain weak and scattered. What must governments do to strengthen them?
