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World leaders must not forget the special circumstances and challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including all Pacific countries, as they look to the next steps of operationalising the Loss and Damage Fund.The call came from the Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, when ...

UBC delegates and experts are available to comment on the UN's Climate Change Conference and other climate-related topics. 

It pulls the world further away from preventing global warming exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius

The president of the COP28 climate summit claimed there is “no science” that says the phase out of fossil fuels is required to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, in comments made in a recorded panel discussion last month.

Climate change will have enormous effects on the ability of people to live and earn a livelihood in many areas of the world. This is often assumed to mean there will be a ‘flood’ of cross-border out-migration from the most-affected areas. This narrative is inaccurate, harmful, and pervasive despite longstanding criticism. This blog explores the reasons behind this narrative and its effects, and suggests a different view for communications and policy.

At least 1,300 employees of organizations representing fossil fuel interests registered to attend this year’s United Nations climate talks in Dubai. Thats more than three times the number found in

The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science.

At the current emissions level, there is a 50% chance that global warming will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius consistently in about seven years, new research suggests.

The swearing-in ceremony for the Chief Minister of the Congress party in Telangana was postponed due to disagreements among senior leaders. The partys chief, A Revanth Reddy, and several other ministers were scheduled to take the oath of office. However, disagreements arose among senior leaders, including Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Uttam Kumar Reddy, Sridhar Babu, and the Komatireddy brothers.

According to the president of COP28, the latest round of UN climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, there is "no science" indicating that phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to restrict global heating to 1.5°C.