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The place of Biodiversity in EU Policy

November 12, 2021
The place of Biodiversity in EU Policy
Black Forest, Germany. Photo credit: Chloe Hill

Biodiversity is an essential component of life on Earth and of human society, and is now a primary focus area of the European Union with the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 launched in 2020 as part of the European Green Deal. The Biodiversity Strategy has some extremely ambitious targets that will require new legislation and processes in a multitude of different areas that are related to the g ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: What can we expect from COP26?

October 22, 2021
GeoPolicy: What can we expect from COP26?
COP25 Closing Plenary. Sunday 15th 2019. Credit: UNFCCC

The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place from 31 October to 12 November 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. With the exception of 2020, COPs are held annually and provide a space for world leaders to negotiate climate policies, targets, and the next steps that need to be take to reduce global emissions. ...[Read More]

From ‘hippies’ to “How dare you!” and beyond..

September 10, 2021
From ‘hippies’ to “How dare you!” and beyond..
Credit: Arindam Roy

In 1971 a group of environmental activists set sail from Canada to protest nuclear testing. With this journey the organization Greenpeace was born. 50 years old this year, Greenpeace and other organizations like it have seen environmental concerns move from the fringe to the mainstream, and eventually evolve into climate change activism. In 2009, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: What does the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report tell us about the future?

August 27, 2021
GeoPolicy: What does the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report tell us about the future?
Boreal forest fire in Canada. Credit: Stefan Doerr, distributed via Imaggeo

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) prepares and publishes extensive Assessment Reports on the scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, including its impacts, future risks, and likely scenarios based on the actions that humanity takes. In their sixth Assessment Report (AR6), the IPCC’s certainty and warnings were clearer than ever. This month’s GeoPoli ...[Read More]