Commentary: Europe’s youth want climate action. Elected leaders should give it to them
European voters have delivered a green mandate. It’s up to our governments to use it, writes Caio Koch-Weser.
European voters have delivered a green mandate. It’s up to our governments to use it, writes Caio Koch-Weser.
Three policy priorities can help the region lead the transition to a clean economy, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
The government of Indonesia is blazing a trail for other emerging economies with its recognition of the adverse health, financial and environmental impact of high carbon emissions, and its new plan charting a course towards sustainability, says Nicholas Stern.
As the two largest emerging economies, China and India are already at the forefront of economic growth and development. Now, they are becoming global leaders by taking ambitious steps to combat climate change, writes Naina Lal Kidwai.
Green industrialisation is a major opportunity for African countries to ‘leapfrog’ the fossil-fuel based growth strategies of developed countries, instead charting sustainable growth paths to a healthier, more prosperous future, writes Carlos Lopes.
Now that the Paris rulebook is decided, leaders around the world should already be thinking ahead about how they can step up their country's ambition, writes Naina Lal Kidwai.
Business, cities and states can help prod countries’ governments to enact policies to reduce emissions, writes Paul Polman.
And by putting COP24 in coal-rich Katowice, the Polish COP presidency has pulled this essential but unglamorous pursuit to the top of the policy agenda, where it belongs, writes Sharan Burrow.
Governments and international institutions must help companies and cities accelerate this green transition, writes Naina Lal Kidwai.
By 2020, Africa will spend $7-15 billion annually to adapt to climate change, and the price tag could hit $50 billion by 2050. Fortunately, proactive policies and investments in sustainable development could unleash a wave of economic opportunity, which in turn could make adaptation more manageable, writes Carlos Lopes.