Ed King·Nov 27, 2023Exxon’s climate play: how big oil plans to wow COP28On 15 November at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in California, Exxon CEO Darren Woods made a speech outlining his longer…
Ed King·Mar 13, 2023Five possible landing zones for COP28…Since the 2015 Paris Agreement countries have collectively faced a series of crises, each one more intractable than the last. Pandemics…
Ed King·Mar 29, 2022Where does the Ukraine crisis leave climate diplomacy in 2022?UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is a worried man.
Ed King·Jan 28, 2022Why it's time for sport to stop taking climate for a rideWelcome to 2022, the year of a Winter Olympics on artificial snow, and a football World Cup in air-conditioned stadia.A response icon1A response icon1
Ed King·Oct 21, 2021COP26: is it time to bust the climate dopers?Rising emissions, extreme weather impacts and the poor response from major emitters dominates coverage ahead of the COP26 UN climate…A response icon1A response icon1
Ed King·Jul 9, 2021COP26: time for G7 leaders to front up on climate financeCan rich nations meet the $100 billion climate finance target and keep COP26 on track?
Ed King·May 20, 2021COP26: 3 targets for the Glasgow UN climate change summitSlowly but surely the nuts and bolts of a COP26 deal appear to be emerging.
Ed King·Mar 15, 2021Making climate a UK foreign policy priority is a start: delivering it will be tough“I’m gutted we didn’t make it.” Those were the words of then UK deputy prime minister John Prescott in 2000 after a failed round of UN…
Ed King·Dec 10, 2020Did the Paris climate deal deliver?It's five years since the Paris Agreement was gaveled through… but was it any good? It’s a tricky question. Based on emissions…
Ed King·Aug 5, 2020Developing country climate plans deserve our respectLast month Jamaica submitted a new climate plan to the UN, but it garnered little coverage.