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Commentary

World Water Day: 5 stories of rapid transition

In the midst of a climate emergency, we are reminded that billions of people don’t have access to the safe water and sanitation they need. To accelerate...

By Andrew Simms, Peter Newell and Nicky Saunter on 22 March 2023

Commentary

How can we get an international agreement to leave fossil fuels in the ground?

A new open access journal article by international environmental lawyer Harro van Asselt and the Alliance’s Peter Newell explores diplomatic and legal...

By Peter Newell and Harro van Asselt on 4 August 2022

Commentary

Supporting Just Transitions in the Oil and Gas Sector in Africa: The Role of External Actors

The climate imperative to reduce production and consumption of fossil fuels is well recognised. But what is less well understood and supported is the need...

By Peter Newell and Suneeta Kaimal on 22 April 2022

Commentary

Why COP26 failed on fossil fuels

For the first time at a key climate summit, the F word got a mention in the final text: fossil fuels. Yet even then, extensive lobbying ended with the word...

By Freddie Daley and Peter Newell on 1 December 2021
Clean energy

Commentary

‘Moment of truth’ to act on climate says UN’s Guterres

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned today that the planet is waging a “suicidal” war on the natural world. We are facing a ‘moment of...

By Peter Newell on 2 December 2020
Clean energy

Resource

Journal article: the business of rapid transition

As long as there have been attempts to develop policy on climate change at national, regional and international levels, businesses have been involved in...

By Peter Newell on 27 July 2020
Decent work, Enough money, Digital progress

Commentary

Fossil fuel disarmament

Three years ago, on 7 July 2017, something quite remarkable happened. After decades of trying to get the nuclear powers to fulfil their commitments under...

By Peter Newell and Andrew Simms on 7 July 2020
Clean energy

Commentary

Life, but not as we know it

Amid the fear, uncertainty and personal loss that surround the current Covid-19 pandemic, people are starting to think about what form a ‘just recovery’...

By Peter Newell on 1 April 2020

Commentary

The business of rapid transition

Business represents the great paradox of rapid transition. On the one hand, much is expected of business in terms of technological innovation, new models of...

By Peter Newell on 3 March 2020
Enough money, Decent work, Clean energy, Digital progress
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