Climate Change

Opinion – The Paris Agreement a Decade after its Implementation

Daniel Drury • Oct 15 2025 • Articles

While the Paris Agreement is yet to go far enough in its outcomes it has still been the greatest force for progress yet seen in the global climate governance space.

Opinion – How Could COP30 Put Climate Back at the Top of the Global Agenda?

Daniel Drury • Oct 13 2025 • Articles

COP30 provides an opportunity for the global and the local to come together and collaborate to form policies which combine local knowledge with international resources.

Opinion – Reclaiming Just Transition from Neocolonial Energy Agendas

Shoutao Wu • Sep 11 2025 • Articles

The green transition can worsen inequality through displacement, gentrification, and unemployment.

Climate, Peace, and Partnership: Insights from Germany

Benjamin Pohl and Janani Vivekananda • Sep 11 2025 • Articles

Integrating peacebuilding into climate action is not just a moral imperative but a strategic necessity.

Climate Justice after the ICJ: Authority, Diffusion, and State Responsibility

Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh • Sep 7 2025 • Articles

The International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion recognizes that inadequate climate action is not just bad policy – it may breach international law.

Interview – Michael Byers

E-International Relations • Jul 31 2025 • Features

Michael Byers explains how space, climate change, and conflict intersect and why global cooperation and context matter more than ever in international law.

Ocean Diplomacy at the Third UN Ocean Conference

Martin Duffy • Jun 18 2025 • Articles

Nice was a step forward for legal enforceability, but hardly a victory for ocean diplomacy.

Interview – Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez

E-International Relations • May 10 2025 • Features

Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez explores Caribbean IR through climate resilience, regional integration, and Cuba’s cooperative diplomacy beyond ideological divides.

New Directions in Climate Politics Research

Defne Günay • Feb 26 2025 • Articles

Future research should contribute to a more inclusive and nuanced understanding of climate politics, addressing both structural inequalities and the evolving nature of climate discourse.

Ten Years After the Paris Agreement: The Tragedy of the Overshoot Generation

The overshoot generation are squeezed between the self-serving policies of present-day leaders and the climate hopes of the youth.

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