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Before COP28: New alliances in climate policy

The gridlocked fronts in international climate diplomacy have started to shift: New pioneers are emerging, and surprising alliances are aligning national interests in the global North and South. But there is one area where the old borders are still in place.

By Goswami Urmi

Bio-plastics for the climate?

On September 25 in Bonn, the International Conference on Chemicals Management seeks a new framework for the global chemical industry – the goals: saving raw materials and energy, and achieving climate targets. The German start-up Traceless is working on solutions to achieve these goals. But the company is also facing criticism.

By Leonie Sontheimer

230920 -- UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 20, 2023 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres C attends the Climate Ambition Summit at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 20, 2023. Guterres on Wednesday warned that humanity has opened the gates of hell on climate. /Handout via Xinhua UN-CLIMATE AMBITION SUMMIT-GUTERRES MarkxGarten/UNxPhoto PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

Climate Ambition Summit: Guterres claims climate leadership

The UN's Climate Ambition Summit is putting the pressure on for a successful COP28. The summit was the antithesis of the grassroots climate conferences - and achieved something that is practically unthinkable in the diplomatic cosmos: A UN ranking of who takes climate action seriously and who does not.

By Bernhard Pötter

September 17, 2023, New York, New York, USA: Banners read Biden End Fossil Fuels Biden Fossil Fuels Kill Stop wildfires floods storms heatwaves Biden Declare a climate emergency A livable future for all of us For Humanity Landback Indigenous Environmental Network Led by Indigenous communities an estimated 75,000 people march through midtown Manhattan to the United Nations calling for President Biden to end to fossil fuels. The march precedes the upcoming UN Climate Ambition Summit. New York USA - ZUMAr174 20230917_znp_r174_151 Copyright: xGinaxMxRandazzox

UN summit: climate action pioneers show courage

At the UN Secretary-General's "Climate Ambition Summit", selected climate champions from nations, organizations and companies have the opportunity to explain their goals and successes. António Guterres aims to empower progressives against those who hinder progress. However, the green front lacks strength.

By Bernhard Pötter