The summit, formerly postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is being held under the co-presidency of Italy and the UK and aims to enhance and accelerate efforts on climate change by building upon the 2015 Paris Agreement targets.

On March 25, Canada’s Supreme Court handed down a big win for the climate by declaring the federal government’s proposed carbon price to be constitutional.

Like the rest of the world, African policymakers did not foresee an intense and immediate drop in tourism revenue.

The government will need to invest more to execute a green plan of this scale, because, as of now, this plan is not sufficient on its own.

The COVID-19 pandemic initiated a record drop in greenhouse gas emissions of an astonishing seven per cent, but it is not necessarily long lasting.

For weeks now, footage has circulated from the snowy evergreen forests of Wet'suwet'en territory, where land defenders of the Indigenous Wet'suwet'en nation have held their ground against the RCMP in opposition to a proposed pipeline.

The most anticipated speakers were two individuals that arguably stand at opposite ends of the climate debate: U.S. President Donald Trump and climate activist Greta Thunberg.

What does the West want?

It is in the national and economic interest of the U.S. to impose practical, attainable, and measurable environmental policies.

With her newfound fame has come a barrage of criticism, much of it rooted in the established power dynamics that shape the conversation around climate change and other global issues.

The United Nations states that the mandate of COP24 “Promoted trust among nations that all countries are playing their part in addressing the challenge of climate change,” although the outcome of the conference shows that the “part” many countries are playing will not be nearly enough.

Several Arctic and non-Arctic states signed an unprecedented agreement to regulate Arctic fisheries in November 2017.