(This article was originally published here) Islamic leaders from around the globe tomorrow will unveil a declaration calling on the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to embrace climate change action as part of their religious duty. Activists gathering in Istanbul for the event said that just as Pope Francis declared climate change essential to the Catholic…
(This article was originally published here) How is the fossil fuel industry responding to growing pressure to address future emissions in the run-up to the Paris summit? It is just under four months until COP21 gets underway in Paris, and momentum for a deal is building. Consequently, business attention should be starting to evolve…
(This article was originally published here) Climate change is a “sexy” topic in contemporary global discourses. In Bangladesh, recurrent natural disasters over the past few decades stand witness to the manifestations of climate change. Scientific research, peer-reviewed literature, and social studies posit the country to be one of the most vulnerable in the world. As…
(This article was originally published here) A Paris climate pact will not have failed if it does not deliver greenhouse gas cuts to limit global warming to 2C. So says Dan Reifsnyder, one of two UN co-chairs coaxing 196 countries towards a carbon-cutting agreement this December. In an exclusive interview with RTCC, he and colleague Ahmed…