Climate Policy

Vincent Diringer

Dec 21 min read

ClimaTalk COP29 Interviews: Pirah Siyal

Excerpt from ClimaTalk: 🌏 ClimaTalk are excited to be reporting youth voices directly from COP29, for the 4th year running! Post-COP...

ClimaTalk COP29 Interviews: Stefano Cisternino

Vincent Diringer

Nov 301 min read

ClimaTalk COP29 Interviews: Stefano Cisternino

Excerpt from ClimaTalk: 🌏 ClimaTalk are excited to be reporting youth voices directly from COP29, for the 4th year running! Post-COP...

Guardians of the Earth: Indigenous Youth Leadership in Biodiversity and Climate Action

Vincent Diringer

Nov 111 min read

Guardians of the Earth: Indigenous Youth Leadership in Biodiversity and Climate Action

COP29 Green Zone, courtesy of Extreme Hangout:

UN 2024 SIDS Conference: What Are the Results?

Vincent Diringer

Jul 111 min read

UN 2024 SIDS Conference: What Are the Results?

Excerpt from ClimaTalk: Mia Mottley addressed the crowd assembled in the courtyard under the tropical Antiguan sun, “If we take longer...

SIDS4: Stage is Set for Policymaking History in Antigua & Barbuda

Vincent Diringer

May 141 min read

SIDS4: Stage is Set for Policymaking History in Antigua & Barbuda

Excerpt from Island Innovation: Policymakers from 57 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and associate member states will be present in...

SIDS Future Forum Sets Tone Ahead of Antigua & Barbuda Conference

Vincent Diringer

Apr 91 min read

SIDS Future Forum Sets Tone Ahead of Antigua & Barbuda Conference

Excerpt from Island Innovation: Held at the seat of the United Nations in New York at the beginning of March, the Small Island Developing...

Europe’s energy systems need to be overhauled to facilitate a sustainable future

Vincent Diringer

Mar 201 min read

Europe’s energy systems need to be overhauled to facilitate a sustainable future

Excerpt from Volt Europa: Globally, there has been a significant policy shift towards renewable energy due to its affordability and low...

What is Loss & Damage, and why is it important?

Vincent Diringer

Nov 23, 20231 min read

What is Loss & Damage, and why is it important?

Excerpt from Island Innovation: If you have paid even the slightest amount of attention to the yearly United Nations climate summits...

Nature Restoration Law Passes, But More Needed to Ensure Positive Impact

Vincent Diringer

Nov 19, 20231 min read

Nature Restoration Law Passes, But More Needed to Ensure Positive Impact

Excerpt from Volt Europa: European lawmakers and states have reached an agreement on implementing Nature Restoration Law in a widely...

World’s Islands Showcasing How Leadership is Based on Resilience, Not Economic Power

Vincent Diringer

Oct 26, 20231 min read

World’s Islands Showcasing How Leadership is Based on Resilience, Not Economic Power

Excerpt from Group of Nations G7 Global Brief Report: Islands are pivotal to the G7 and G20. It was islands that facilitated trade,...

State of the European Union speech Underplays Climate Crisis and the Green Deal Future

Vincent Diringer

Sep 29, 20231 min read

State of the European Union speech Underplays Climate Crisis and the Green Deal Future

Excerpt from Volt Europa: Standing in front of the European Parliament for her State of the European Union address earlier this month,...

As 2024 European Elections Loom, Climate Inaction is Leading to Major Issues

Vincent Diringer

Sep 25, 20231 min read

As 2024 European Elections Loom, Climate Inaction is Leading to Major Issues

Excerpt from Volt Europa: Summer 2023 broke several records across Europe as the climate crisis escalated to unprecedented levels....

Escalating Climate Crisis: Spain and the Mediterranean Call for Urgent Action

Vincent Diringer

Jun 28, 20231 min read

Escalating Climate Crisis: Spain and the Mediterranean Call for Urgent Action

Excerpt from Volt Europa: In Spain’s southern city of Córdoba the barometer reached a new April temperature record of 38.8°C, at the...

How does the COP15 to the Convention on Biodiversity affect coral reefs?

Vincent Diringer

Feb 22, 20231 min read

How does the COP15 to the Convention on Biodiversity affect coral reefs?

Excerpt from Coral Guardians: Following the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (see our short...

Comment la COP15 de la Convention sur la Biodiversité affecte-t-elle les récifs coralliens ?

Vincent Diringer

Feb 22, 20231 min read

Comment la COP15 de la Convention sur la Biodiversité affecte-t-elle les récifs coralliens ?

Extrait de Coral Guardians: Après la Conférence des Parties des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (COP27) à Charm el-Cheikh,...

What is the United Nations Climate Conference, COP?

Vincent Diringer

Dec 4, 20221 min read

What is the United Nations Climate Conference, COP?

Excerpt from LEAD-WiSE: As part of the global political response to climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

Vincent Diringer

Nov 20, 20221 min read

What's COP Got To Do With It?

Excerpt from Bellona Europe: Last week, host Mark Preston Aragonès spoke with Vincent Diringer from ClimaTalk & Irene Domínguez Pérez...

Vincent Diringer

Nov 20, 20221 min read

COP27: What Happened in Week Two?

Excerpt from ClimaTalk: After strong initial support for forest conservation at COP26 that saw 145 countries pledge to save these...

Pre-COP27 Analysis: A Focus on Biodiversity

Vincent Diringer

Oct 31, 20221 min read

Pre-COP27 Analysis: A Focus on Biodiversity

Excerpt from ClimaTalk: Biodiversity plays an important part in maintaining a healthy planet as well as the ecosystem services that we...

Circular Economy, Opportunities for Innovation and Collaboration

Vincent Diringer

Sep 4, 20221 min read

Circular Economy, Opportunities for Innovation and Collaboration

Excerpt from LEAD-WiSE: Following a 2022 summer season that saw widespread drought, heatwaves, wildfires and water scarcity across the...