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Four takes on what US President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate should deliver

Feature / Here's what SEI researchers would like to hear from world leaders addressing US President Biden's Leaders Summit on Climate.

Earth Day in the pandemic: rethinking our relationship with nature

Perspective / Can a world still reeling from the pandemic use Earth Day as a turning point to establish a new relationship with the environment?

Moving the UN climate talks online: analysing the options

Perspective / Getting the question of how to move UN climate talks online right is crucial to seizing the opportunity to make talks more inclusive, transparent and effective.

Preparatory UN climate negotiations move online, COP Bureau decides

Media advisory / SEI's Richard Klein comments on the decision of the COP Bureau to have a three-week virtual meeting instead of the usual in-person negotiations.

Survey: How can young people be better engaged in health and climate action in Africa and Asia?

Feature / Take the survey on how to best engage young people on climate action in Asia and Africa.

Survey: could online climate negotiations be more effective, inclusive and transparent?

Feature / This survey asked what the obstacles are to moving climate negotiations under the UNFCCC online — and what would it take to make the process more inclusive?

The Paris Agreement five years on

Feature / Five years after the Paris Agreement was adopted, SEI looks at what it said on various issues of climate politics, where we are now — and where we need to go.

Beyond the 100 billion dollar goal for climate finance

Perspective / Five years on from the Paris Agreement, it’s time to advance the goal of making all finance flows consistent with low-emission, climate resilient development.

The Paris Agreement and the future of climate negotiations

Perspective / Since the Paris Agreement was reached five years ago, climate negotiations have been fraught with frustrations. Their role has changed - as should their format.