Protectionist policies are exacerbating inflation, according to Sunny Verghese, CEO of Olam Agri, one of the world’s largest agricultural commodity traders. Verghese argues that government-imposed trade barriers, aimed at securing domestic food supplies, have significantly contributed to the rising food prices globally. In his speech at the Redburn Atlantic and Rothschild consumer conference, Verghese explained...Read More

The 2024 Bonn Climate Conference marked a pivotal moment for global climate negotiations, serving as the first significant opportunity for parties to delve into the implementation strategies of the first Global Stocktake (GST) decision. Adopted at the 2023 Dubai Climate Change Conference, this landmark decision underscores the urgent need for countries to actively participate in...Read More

Climate change poses a significant threat to the fundamental functions of forests, which play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance and supporting biodiversity. One of the most critical functions of forests is their capacity to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, acting as carbon sinks. However, without adequate action to address climate change,...Read More

For more than 20 years, La Poste group has been working to make its activities more environmentally sustainable. Faced with the urgent need to combat climate change and the planet’s limits, all the Group’s activities are committed to an ambitious policy to reduce CO2 emissions. Many countries, including France, have committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050....Read More

What is Carbon Neutral? Carbon neutrality refers to a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere in carbon sinks. Achieving this state means that the net carbon emissions of an entity—such as an organization, government, or individual—are equal to zero. This balance is typically attained through a combination of reducing carbon emissions...Read More

In an 1878 report to Congress and subsequent writings, explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell called for a science-based approach to effective management of agricultural land and freshwater resources in the center of the United States. Powell, who became the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1881, identified the 100th meridian as a line of...Read More

The Conservative Party manifesto proposes a “pragmatic and proportionate approach to net zero” with Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, promising to put “security and your family finances ahead of unaffordable eco-zealotry.” But a closer look at the proposals suggests that they are either poor (and eventually expensive) solutions for people and the climate, or suggest processes that...Read More

The G7 leaders are poised to assert that wealthier developing nations, including China and Saudi Arabia, should significantly increase their financial contributions to combat climate change. This stance comes in the wake of recent UN negotiations in Bonn, which failed to make substantial headway on establishing new funding targets to support poorer countries in addressing...Read More

The International IDEA publication on Climate Change and Deliberative Democracy: The Potential of Climate Assemblies in the Global South was just published. The publication, supported by a grant from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and written by Nicole Curato, Graham Smith, and Rebecca Willis, asks how climate assemblies and other deliberative practices can help...Read More

In a recent study published in Nature Climate Change, researchers investigated the impact of temperature exposure on children’s mental health and cognition during prenatal and early childhood periods. Their findings indicate that exposure to heat during infancy and toddlerhood and cold during pregnancy and infancy is associated with reduced myelination and maturation of white matter in children’s...Read More