Written by Shooka Bidarian, Northern Europe Regional Organizer, The Climate Reality Project Europe On Thursday, 27 November, more than a thousand leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society came together in Westminster for a gathering unlike any the UK had hosted before. The National Emergency Briefing set out to do something bold: cut through the noise of misinformation and present the country with the evidence of the escalating climate and nature emergen

Ahead of COP 30, we wrote that the world was entering Belém at a moment of extreme urgency: global temperatures breaching 1.5°C for the first time, only a fraction of countries submitting new NDCs, and current policies still leading us toward a dangerous 2.4 - 2.6°C of warming. We argued that COP 30 needed to shift from promises to implementation - delivering a transition that is Fast, Fair, and Funded . COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago during closing plenary meeting of t

As climate activists worldwide focus on COP 30 unfolding in Belém, Brazil, another city is hosting political debates and votes that will determine the pace of emissions reductions in a region that not long ago promised to become the first climate-neutral continent - Europe. The European Parliament, Source: Unsplash More specifically, under its Green New Deal, the European Union (27 Member States) set out to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Achieving this requires careful pla

by Klara Butz, Finance Campaigner at The Climate Reality Project Europe & Urgewald COP 30 starts today. Government delegations, civil society organizations, Indigenous leaders, and many others have traveled to northern Brazil to tackle the climate crisis together. This year’s conference carries heavy expectations. Negotiators must finally agree on indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation so countries can track real progress. They must also adopt and advance the Baku to Be

Under the text, you can find a glossary of the most important terms relevant to COP 30 and the climate negotiations process. A critical turning point The world enters COP 30 at a moment of utmost urgency: recent datasets show that the global mean temperature is now approximately 1.3 °C to 1.4 °C above late-19th-century pre-industrial levels . In 2024, for the first time on record, the annual mean temperature passed the 1.5 °C threshold , based on at least six international

As Europe swelters through another summer of extreme heatwaves, the European Commission has finally announced its climate target for 2040. But does it meet the urgency of the moment? You may have seen headlines today about the EU’s “2040 climate target.” And if you felt like it sounded distant, technical, and disconnected from your daily life - you're not alone. But here’s the thing: this decision affects every one of us , from the cost of energy and food to the air we breath

Author: Klara Butz, Finance Campaigner In the climate space, COP is often seen as the most important UNFCCC meeting of the year. But it’s not the only one that matters. Every June, country delegations from around the world meet in Bonn, Germany - the home of the UNFCCC - for the annual intersessional negotiations. These meetings may not make headlines, but they play a key role in shaping what happens at COP. What Really Happens in Bonn? The Bonn sessions are meant to prepar

Author: Jessica Besch, Program and Engagement Manager at The Climate Reality Project Europe We are only 6 months away from the UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Bélem, Brazil . A lot of attention and hope is put into this global forum, however, the process has since failed to deliver real plans to hold warming below 1.5 degrees. The reason? The massive influence of fossil fuel companies and wealthy petrostates over the COP negotiations. Over 1700 lobbyists attended

We encourage you to reach out to the newly elected Members of the European Parliament and urge them to make climate action a priority. They must work towards an ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) from the European Union, to be submitted to the UNFCCC in 2025. To help amplify our collective voice, please use the following letter template to contact your representative and advocate for prioritized climate action. You can read the letter below and access this web

As the passionate discussions and enthusiastic networking of the 56th Climate Reality Leadership Training concluded, we are proud to leave behind a community enriched in knowledge and more connected in purpose . Our event successfully gathered over a thousand participants from across Europe, especially from the Southern regions most impacted by climate change. (from the left: Jessica Besch, Program & Engagement Manager, welcoming participants | Participant receiving their ba