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Turkey’s Efforts to Combat and Prevent Forest Fires
Disasters have been defined by United Nations (UN) as natural events that disrupt the socio-economic and socio-cultural activities of the...
South African Government Uses Widespread Consultative Process to Develop a National Climate Change Policy
The national climate change policy of South Africa was developed as a result of a collaboration between researchers and policymakers....
The Saudi Green Initiative
The Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) is an ambitious environmental policy launched by Saudi Arabia to achieve a greener future and...
The Women Environmental Programme Helps Communities Better Manage Drainage to Adapt to Climate Change
The route from advocacy to policy best practice may be both difficult and gratifying in the complicated tapestry of government,...
Mexico’s Emissions Reduction Initiative
This post describes a best practice example from Mexico that begins with an effort to advocate for a policy change,...
Indonesia’s ProKlim Project Supports its NDC Commitments by Coordinating National Climate-Related Targets With Local-Level Actions
Program Overview Through the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Government of Indonesia initiated a program in 2012 termed ‘The...
The Energy Research Institute (TERI) Influences National Climate Policy in India
Since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (also known as the Stockholm Conference) was held in Stockholm in...
Germany’s Citizens Climate Lobby Changed the Course of German Environmental Policy
As the world faces the impending threat of climate change, it is paramount to study successful examples of policy change...
France’s Case of the Century
On December 18, 2018, the Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme (Foundation for Nature and Mankind), Notre Affaire à Tous...
P2Green Project: An Innovative Solution to Water Pollution and the Limited Efficacy of Conventional Fertilizers
P2Green is a project awarded a contract and funding by the EU’s Horizon Europe initiative. It is working to develop,...
NGO ClientEarth Supports Improved Climate Jurisprudence Work of China’s Supreme People’s Court
China’s legal institutions have increasingly had to deal with cases related to environmental issues over the past decade. In 2020...
The Green Party’s Successful Campaigns for Climate Legislation in Canada
Over the last decade, Canada’s Green Party has supported important legislation for Canada’s action on climate change. For example, in...
Climate Observatory Produces a Decisive Document that Can Help Brazil Become Negative in its Emissions in 2045
The idea of forming a coalition of Brazilian civil society organizations to discuss climate change came up in 2001 in...
Australia’s Climate Emergency Declaration Campaign
On December 5th, 2016, the City of Darebin, a local government in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, made history by becoming the...
The US Needs to do More if it is to Reduce Emissions by 50% by 2030
In the past ten years, both climate action and policy have been turbulent within the United States. From exiting the...
New Data Suggests the UK Will Fail to Reach Its Ambitious 2030 68% Emissions Reduction Goal
The UK has committed to reducing carbon emissions by 68% by 2030; although this is still a worthy goal, new...
Turkey will fail to reach its goal of reducing its emissions by 50% by 2030
The chance of Turkey meeting the 50% reduction of the (BAU) business-as-usual emission levels is almost zero based on the...
Spain will help the EU Come Close towards Reaching the EU 50% Emission Reduction Goal
Spain will not reach a 50% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030. However, it will contribute towards coming close to...
South Africa will fail to reduce its emissions by 50% over pre-industrial levels by 2030
According to the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) rates, South Africa’s climate targets fail to reach the 2030 50% goal. This...
Saudi Arabia will not meet its goal of reducing emissions by 50% over 1990 levels by 2030
Saudi Arabia is at risk of not meeting its goal of reducing emissions to 50% over 1990 by 2030. Key...