The 28th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP) takes place from 30 November - 12 December 2023, at the end of another year of record-high temperatures and climate change impacts, which are rapidly increasing in frequency and intensity, causing loss of livelihoods around the globe, and particularly in vulnerable developing countries. We hear more and more voices saying that “we will not make it” and “we are doomed”. However, the past decades have shown that positive change can happen faster than expected and that we have all the tools to protect this planet and its inhabitants. COP28 has a...

At this press conference UNEP's 2023 Emissions Gap Report will be launched.

Global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C are failing across the board, with recent progress made on every indicator — except electric passenger car sales — lagging significantly behind the pace and scale that is necessary to address the climate crisis, according to the State of Climate Action 2023 report.

Nabila Putri Salsabila is part of the team working on the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, focusing on assessing the transparency and integrity of companies’ climate strategies. Prior to joining NewClimate, Salsa worked for a non-profit organisation advocating youth empowerment in the energy and climate space. Salsa holds a B.Eng. in Bioprocess (Chemical) Engineering from the University of Indonesia and an M.Sc. in Environmental Systems and Policy from ETH Zürich, with a Master’s thesis that explored the challenges and enablers for Indonesian banks in setting climate targets.

Catrina Godinho is a political economist with over 10 years’ experience working on climate and development topics. At NewClimate Institute, she contributes across a range of projects, including the Climate Action Tracker. Catrina previously worked at the World Bank, the Berlin Governance Platform (Climate Transparency), the Power Futures Lab, and the Energy Research Centre at the University of Cape Town. She also held fellowship positions at Agora Energiewende, Energy for Growth Hub, and the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies. Catrina holds a MSocSci from the University of Cape Town, South...

As the Government of Indonesia prepares to publicly launch its first iteration of plans to deliver on the goals of the Just Energy Transition Partnership it announced one year ago, we take a look at implications for the workers and communities that currently depend on its large and growing coal sector.

Sarah Jackson works on projects related to climate diplomacy and EU climate policy. Prior to joining NewClimate Institute, Sarah was a Policy Advisor at E3G, based in Berlin, where she led on transatlantic climate cooperation, industry decarbonisation, and climate and trade. Previously, Sarah served as a Policy Associate to Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the US Congress, advising Speaker Pelosi on climate issues. Sarah holds a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin, for which she wrote her thesis on border carbon adjustments. During her graduate studies, she worked at Agora...

This virtual event will feature the report’s latest findings, highlighting both signals of positive change and instances of lackluster progress that continue to fall far short of global climate goals.

NewClimate Institute and the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) submitted a response to a public consultation on the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero’s proposed set of voluntary guidance for financing the early retirement of coal-fired power plants in Asia-Pacific. This blog post highlights key points from our submission.

Norah Jiaxuan Zhang focuses on climate policy and energy transition related topics. Before joining NewClimate Institute, she led a global case study project on nature-based approaches to tackle climate change at a think tank in China. She is also an active climate advocate, regularly speaking at COPs and regional conferences, emphasizing the importance of empowering youth to be part of the climate solution. Norah holds an MA in International Relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University and a BEng in Environmental Engineering from...

This webinar will delve into the key principles of Green Cooling and explore the opportunities associated with promoting eco-friendly finance solutions for Green Cooling. Furthermore, the webinar will illustrate how financial institutions can embed Green Cooling into the wider context of the Sustainable Finance Agenda. Ultimately, the speakers will present a structured, stepwise approach for the development of a Green Cooling loan product.

From 17-28 October, to our knowledge any email with the NewClimate URL was unjustifiably quarantined by Microsoft email servers without any notice, regardless of who sends or receives the email.

This event was a pre-meeting workshop to the 35th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP35). The objective of the workshop was to share information, experiences and lessons learned, as well as assess challenges related to ways of improving availability and accessibility to energy-efficient equipment and equipment using low- or zero-global-warming-potential alternatives during the implementation of the Kigali Amendment. The workshop’s outcomes will feed into discussions at the MOP35.

In this workshop, which is part of the Sino-German Climate Change Policy Exchange Seminar, NewClimate gave an introduction to the European CBAM and presented CBAM's implications for China in more detail.

The Climate Policy Database (CDPB) is an open, collaborative tool to advance the data collection of the implementation status of climate policies.

Join us for the Climate Action Tracker’s virtual event on 1.5°C aligned benchmarks for decarbonising the power sector at New York Climate Week.