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Over the past decades, adaptation has gone from a stigmatised concept to a central pillar of debates on fighting global warming. This journey shines a light on the broader political and socioeconomic challenges that often paralyse climate action, and reveals the need for stronger and more effective global discussion forums.

How did the notion of energy transition come about, and what risks does it pose for meaningful climate action?

The world’s foremost institution for climate science steers an impossible path between evidencing climate change and avoiding controversy.

We gather insights from an IPCC lead author and green actors on options for policymakers amid the rapidly closing window for climate adaptation.

As generations mobilise to save the climate, traditional military mobilisations are doing much to destroy it. The carbon footprint of the military needs to be on the table.

As we approach the early December COP climate summit, Bert Metz explains what the recent IPCC report on global warming means for the planet, the economy and for Europe.

Political will stands in the way of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, but the Greens’ resolution for ambitious climate action must not waver.

The concept of loss and damage due to the impacts of climate change first entered into the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiating text in 2008. Eight years on, the issue still appears to be little known to people outside of a specific community of policy actors, NGOs and academics working on the issue.

The European Commission recently released its vision for the global climate change agreement, which is due to be adopted in Paris in December. It is worth noting that the EU is the first negotiating party to present its offer for the Paris agreement. Nevertheless, the extent to which the offer paves the way to an ambitious climate deal in Paris is questionable indeed.

Climate change represents a unique opportunity for Europe’s green parties to “lead the way” by developing a sound strategy for “greening” Europe’s foreign and security policy – and in the process revamping this stagnant dimension of European integration.