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G7 agree to food security measures

Ministers from the G7 nations yesterday agreed to promote agricultural innovation and investment, as farmers face the twin challenges of an aging workforce and extreme weather at a time when international food demand is increasing. “Motivated, skilled and enterprising farmers are essential for the growth of the agricultural sector,” the ministers

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Heads of states and top organizations challenge world to quadruple carbon markets by 2030

28th April 2016 LONDON: Leading heads of states along with prominent global organizations, have called today to expand carbon pricing to cover double the current level of global emissions by 2020 – and quadruple it by 2030. The Carbon Pricing Panel, convened by the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, has

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From commitment to action: Signs of progress since the Paris climate talks

World Resources Institute climate experts Ranping Song and Cynthia Elliott explore the progress that governments, cities, and businesses have delivered on reducing emissions since last December's Paris agreement. Last December, 196 countries adopted the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, creating the first universal pact to put the world on a path

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CARBON PRICING LEADERSHIP COALITION CALLS FOR GLOBAL TARGETS, ANNOUNCES NEW CO-CHAIRS

Washington, April 15, 2016 – The Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), an initiative bringing together leaders from government, business and civil society, today called for global goals on putting a price on carbon emissions, while welcoming new high-level co-chairs at the CPLC’s first official meeting since being launched at Paris

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