Climate change risk assessment 2021
At COP26, the governments of highly emitting countries will have a critical opportunity to accelerate emissions reductions through ambitious revisions of their nationally determined contributions (NDCs).
Chatham House
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Food system impacts on biodiversity loss
This paper explores the role of the global food system as the principal driver of accelerating biodiversity loss. It explains how food production is degrading or destroying natural habitats and contributing
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Europe After Coronavirus: The EU and a New Political Economy
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has created a health and economic crisis without modern parallel. The scale of its effects could prompt a far-reaching re-evaluation of the role of the state in relation to the
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An inclusive circular economy: priorities for Developing Countries
Developing economies will struggle to grow sustainably without significant investment in recycling, reusing and repairing used raw materials and products. This paper looks at opportunities to coordinate
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Carbon risk and resilience: how energy transition is changing the prospects for countries with fossil fuels
Over half of the world’s least developed and lowest income countries are currently exploring for oil and gas or hoping to expand existing production. This paper discusses how tightening climate policies
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Making concrete change: innovation in low-carbon cement and concrete
A new Chatham House report argues that significant changes in how cement and concrete are produced and used are urgently needed if we are to achieve deep cuts in emissions in line with the Paris Agreement
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Chokepoints and vulnerabilities in global food trade
<p>There are significant and under-appreciated risks and vulnerabilities in the global food trade and key physical chokepoints where things could go wrong, according to this report published today by the think tank Chatham House.</p>
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The impacts of the demand for woody biomass for power and heat on climate and forests
The use of wood for electricity generation and heat in modern (non-traditional) technologies has grown rapidly in recent years, and has the potential to continue to do so. For its supporters, it represents
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Woody biomass for power and heat: impacts on the global climate
The use of wood for electricity generation and heat in modern (non-traditional) technologies has grown rapidly in recent years. For its supporters, it represents a relatively cheap and flexible way of
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Tackling illegal logging and the related trade: what progress and where next?
Efforts to address illegal logging and reduce the trade in illegal timber have borne fruit and prompted some positive reforms in producer countries. However, changes in the sector mean overall trade has