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Domestic Ambition: A Key Ingredient to Tackling Climate Change

In the UNFCCC international climate negotiations, “ambition” refers to countries’ collective will to cu

Doha, Qatar, may not the first place that you’d pick for a global conference—many people would be hard-pressed to find it on a map. Yet, it’s the location of…

This piece was co-authored with Smita Nakhooda of the Overseas Development Institute, with inputs from Noriko Shi

Week Two of COP 18: Moving Forward with 7 Key Issues

As we move into the second week of the UN climate talks, the desert sand is swirling around the conf

A number of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries recently took a huge step forward in ensuring environmental democracy for their citizens.

As negotiators in Doha move toward a new global climate agreement this week, politicians and planner

Consider this blog post to have been written hastily on the back of a cocktail napkin. Not really, of course, as my handwriting is increasingly poor in this digital age.

The Global Impact Investment Network defines impact investments as “investments made into companies, organizations, an

The international climate deal reached in Durban, South Africa last December marked an importa

This story is part of the “Aqueduct Sneak Peek” series.