Climate Change

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.

Behind the Scenes: Unveiling Paradiplomacy in the Climate Conference of the Parties

Ana Almeida-Dias • Dec 15 2024 • Articles

Contributions from regional and local authorities enrich the global dialogue, fostering more representative decision-making processes.

India’s Health and Climate Inequities: Navigating the Global North-South Divide

Vivek N.D. • Oct 28 2024 • Articles

Historical legacies of colonialism, extractive capitalism and current global governance structures have left India vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Interview – Marco Siddi

E-International Relations • Oct 11 2024 •

Marco Siddi discusses shifting EU-Russia relations and the attitudes to a green energy transition within the EU, as well as the diplomatic efforts needed for its success.

Cooperation or Competition: US-China Dynamics on Climate Change

Jiwon Nam • Aug 1 2024 • Articles

To be more efficient in climate cooperation, the United States and China should recognize their political and ideological differences and concede that cooperation and competition are not mutually exclusive.

Opinion – Washington-Baku Cooperation Towards COP29 in a Fragmented World

Wilder Alejandro Sánchez • Jun 23 2024 • Articles

COP29 comes amidst an increasingly fragmented and violent global (dis)order, giving the Azerbaijani presidency the monumental task of convincing participants to put their differences aside.

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