Energy Transition Renewables ambition up by just 2% since COP28 pledge to triple capacity Only 22 countries have revised their targets since COP28. Melodie Michel 31 July 2025
BRICS Summit BRICS leaders call for more inclusive climate governance and greater finance flows to Global South Many criticised the new US$300bn annual collective quantified goal (NCQG) as insufficient. Melodie Michel 07 July 2025
COP30 Bonn climate talks: Adaptation, just transition and âprocrastinationâ "Even in this broken space, peopleâs power shone through." Melodie Michel 30 June 2025
Nature disclosures TNFD starts pilot testing Nature Data Public Facility By COP30, TNFD will make a set of recommendations on how the proposed NDPF should be designed. Melodie Michel 16 June 2025
COP30 COP30 presidency kicks off âpioneering experimentâ to mobilise bottom-up collective climate action "This de-hierarchised form of mobilisation emerges spontaneously and organically when there is an urgent need that remains unmet." Melodie Michel 09 May 2025
Data and Technology Sustainability leaders hail Climate TRACE real-time emissions data platform âThis level of transparency is a game-changer." Melodie Michel 21 April 2025
Nature disclosures TNFD launches pre-COP30 nature disclosure adoption campaign A webinar on April 2 will explain the benefits of creating TNFD-aligned nature disclosures to prospective adopters. Melodie Michel 10 March 2025
COP30 Brazil names top climate negotiator as COP30 president COP30 is already being touted as âthe bounce-back COPâ after several years of disappointing progress and climate negotiations largely led by fossil fuel lobbyists. Melodie Michel 24 January 2025
Policy & Standards US announces 61% emissions reduction goal for 2035 â likely to be led by states Strong leadership by non-federal actors could put the US on a path to 54-62% emissions reductions. Melodie Michel 20 December 2024
COP29 COP29 ends with new US$300bn climate finance goal The NCQG has been described as "not enough" and a "bitter disappointment" by some; "ambitious and achievable" by others. Melodie Michel 25 November 2024