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“Perhaps the greatest failure of the last 10 years has been finance.”
In an interview with TIME, Sir David King explores the successes and shortcomings of the Paris Agreement, and what we must do now to accelerate climate action.
Read the full interview: time.com/7340848/pari...
In an interview with TIME, Sir David King explores the successes and shortcomings of the Paris Agreement, and what we must do now to accelerate climate action.
Read the full interview: time.com/7340848/pari...
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“Perhaps the greatest failure of the last 10 years has been finance.”
In an interview with TIME, Sir David King explores the successes and shortcomings of the Paris Agreement, and what we must do now to accelerate climate action.
Read the full interview: time.com/7340848/pari...
In an interview with TIME, Sir David King explores the successes and shortcomings of the Paris Agreement, and what we must do now to accelerate climate action.
Read the full interview: time.com/7340848/pari...
Sorry, Bill. This isn’t opinion - it’s science.
Read Sir David King’s interview with El Pais here: english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
Read Sir David King’s interview with El Pais here: english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
January 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Sorry, Bill. This isn’t opinion - it’s science.
Read Sir David King’s interview with El Pais here: english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
Read Sir David King’s interview with El Pais here: english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, CCAG Chair Sir David King joined the Climate Emergency Forum to discuss the need for a new phase of climate action.
Watch the full discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v27...
Watch the full discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v27...
December 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, CCAG Chair Sir David King joined the Climate Emergency Forum to discuss the need for a new phase of climate action.
Watch the full discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v27...
Watch the full discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v27...
“All his [Mark Carney] clear statements while running the Bank of England, telling global banks to stop investing in new fossil fuel recovery to avoid creating stranded assets, seem now to have evaporated. It is, so far, extremely disappointing.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“All his [Mark Carney] clear statements while running the Bank of England, telling global banks to stop investing in new fossil fuel recovery to avoid creating stranded assets, seem now to have evaporated. It is, so far, extremely disappointing.”
As 2025 draws to a close, CCAG’s Mariana Mazzucato, Arunabha Ghosh and Sir David King reflect on the major learnings and takeaways from the COP30 summit.
Read the full blog: www.ccag.earth/news/the-sun...
Read the full blog: www.ccag.earth/news/the-sun...
December 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
As 2025 draws to a close, CCAG’s Mariana Mazzucato, Arunabha Ghosh and Sir David King reflect on the major learnings and takeaways from the COP30 summit.
Read the full blog: www.ccag.earth/news/the-sun...
Read the full blog: www.ccag.earth/news/the-sun...
“The Paris Agreement was never meant to solve the climate crisis in a single moment. It was designed to change direction.” - Sir David King, Chair of the CCAG
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“The Paris Agreement was never meant to solve the climate crisis in a single moment. It was designed to change direction.” - Sir David King, Chair of the CCAG
Reports suggesting pressure to weaken or delay the application of EU methane requirements are deeply concerning.
Read our chair Sir David King’s open letter to the EU commissioner here: www.ccag.earth/news/an-open...
Read our chair Sir David King’s open letter to the EU commissioner here: www.ccag.earth/news/an-open...
December 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Reports suggesting pressure to weaken or delay the application of EU methane requirements are deeply concerning.
Read our chair Sir David King’s open letter to the EU commissioner here: www.ccag.earth/news/an-open...
Read our chair Sir David King’s open letter to the EU commissioner here: www.ccag.earth/news/an-open...
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, CCAG Chair Sir David King reflects in TIME on what has been achieved, and what must change.
Read the full article here: time.com/7340848/pari...
Read the full article here: time.com/7340848/pari...
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, CCAG Chair Sir David King reflects in TIME on what has been achieved, and what must change.
Read the full article here: time.com/7340848/pari...
Read the full article here: time.com/7340848/pari...
In our latest Climate Conversation, host Clover Hogan is joined by leading oceanographer Tessa Hill, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, to explore what can be done to pull this emergency brake for climate heating.
Methane: The Emergency Brake For Climate Heating
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December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In our latest Climate Conversation, host Clover Hogan is joined by leading oceanographer Tessa Hill, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, to explore what can be done to pull this emergency brake for climate heating.
10 years ago today, the Paris Agreement gave the world a clear, science-based goal: limit warming to 1.5°C.
Today, that benchmark still stands but progress does not. We have entered overshoot, and are losing precious time debating costs instead of delivering the solutions to pull humanity back.
Today, that benchmark still stands but progress does not. We have entered overshoot, and are losing precious time debating costs instead of delivering the solutions to pull humanity back.
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
10 years ago today, the Paris Agreement gave the world a clear, science-based goal: limit warming to 1.5°C.
Today, that benchmark still stands but progress does not. We have entered overshoot, and are losing precious time debating costs instead of delivering the solutions to pull humanity back.
Today, that benchmark still stands but progress does not. We have entered overshoot, and are losing precious time debating costs instead of delivering the solutions to pull humanity back.
On Tuesday evening, we hosted an event with The Conduit: After COP30 - What Are The Levers For Climate Action?
Our thanks go to the panel Lorraine Whitmarsh, Wolfgang Blau, Joyce Mendez, Nick Stern, as well as to Graihagh Jackson for chairing the panel and The Conduit for hosting us.
Our thanks go to the panel Lorraine Whitmarsh, Wolfgang Blau, Joyce Mendez, Nick Stern, as well as to Graihagh Jackson for chairing the panel and The Conduit for hosting us.
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
On Tuesday evening, we hosted an event with The Conduit: After COP30 - What Are The Levers For Climate Action?
Our thanks go to the panel Lorraine Whitmarsh, Wolfgang Blau, Joyce Mendez, Nick Stern, as well as to Graihagh Jackson for chairing the panel and The Conduit for hosting us.
Our thanks go to the panel Lorraine Whitmarsh, Wolfgang Blau, Joyce Mendez, Nick Stern, as well as to Graihagh Jackson for chairing the panel and The Conduit for hosting us.
The Atlantic current that stabilises our climate is weakening, with consequences that could last for centuries.
A collapse of the AMOC could mean worse winters, harsher droughts, and major global disruption.
The science is clear: risks are real, but action now can still change the outcome.
A collapse of the AMOC could mean worse winters, harsher droughts, and major global disruption.
The science is clear: risks are real, but action now can still change the outcome.
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The Atlantic current that stabilises our climate is weakening, with consequences that could last for centuries.
A collapse of the AMOC could mean worse winters, harsher droughts, and major global disruption.
The science is clear: risks are real, but action now can still change the outcome.
A collapse of the AMOC could mean worse winters, harsher droughts, and major global disruption.
The science is clear: risks are real, but action now can still change the outcome.
A Global Health Network led study warns of a “creeping catastrophe” as climate change fuels a surge in infectious diseases–malaria, dengue, TB–spreading faster and further than ever. Already devastating communities across the Global South. The climate crisis is a health crisis and delay costs lives.
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A Global Health Network led study warns of a “creeping catastrophe” as climate change fuels a surge in infectious diseases–malaria, dengue, TB–spreading faster and further than ever. Already devastating communities across the Global South. The climate crisis is a health crisis and delay costs lives.
CCAG Member Professor Tessa Hill recently joined Ed Kiggins for an episode of the ‘Minds Over Matters’ podcast series.
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
CCAG Member Professor Tessa Hill recently joined Ed Kiggins for an episode of the ‘Minds Over Matters’ podcast series.
This week, Christophe McGlade joined EIA climate campaigner Jack Corscadden and Senior Press and Communications Officer Paul Newman for an episode of the What on Earth Podcast, in which they discussed the impacts of methane and the actions needed to pull the emergency brake.
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This week, Christophe McGlade joined EIA climate campaigner Jack Corscadden and Senior Press and Communications Officer Paul Newman for an episode of the What on Earth Podcast, in which they discussed the impacts of methane and the actions needed to pull the emergency brake.
During COP30, CCAG members shared their expertise on the most pressing issues facing the planet today, including climate finance, plans for the fossil fuel phase out, and gaps in the final agreement itself
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
During COP30, CCAG members shared their expertise on the most pressing issues facing the planet today, including climate finance, plans for the fossil fuel phase out, and gaps in the final agreement itself
You can do it.
Progress cannot rely on negotiated text alone. Meaningful climate action depends on our collective courage – across governments, industry, civil society, and communities.
The resources and knowledge exist. What happens next is up to us.
Read our key takeaways from COP30 below
Progress cannot rely on negotiated text alone. Meaningful climate action depends on our collective courage – across governments, industry, civil society, and communities.
The resources and knowledge exist. What happens next is up to us.
Read our key takeaways from COP30 below
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You can do it.
Progress cannot rely on negotiated text alone. Meaningful climate action depends on our collective courage – across governments, industry, civil society, and communities.
The resources and knowledge exist. What happens next is up to us.
Read our key takeaways from COP30 below
Progress cannot rely on negotiated text alone. Meaningful climate action depends on our collective courage – across governments, industry, civil society, and communities.
The resources and knowledge exist. What happens next is up to us.
Read our key takeaways from COP30 below
As the dust settles on COP30, the final agreement presents a mix of gridlock and glimmers of hope.
Sir David King reflects on a formal process that has stalled, contrasted with a powerful new signal that could finally drive meaningful climate action.
Sir David King reflects on a formal process that has stalled, contrasted with a powerful new signal that could finally drive meaningful climate action.
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
As the dust settles on COP30, the final agreement presents a mix of gridlock and glimmers of hope.
Sir David King reflects on a formal process that has stalled, contrasted with a powerful new signal that could finally drive meaningful climate action.
Sir David King reflects on a formal process that has stalled, contrasted with a powerful new signal that could finally drive meaningful climate action.
“A credible pathway to phase out fossil fuels must be at the heart of any outcome here.”
With negotiations at COP30 reaching their crucial closing stages, there is a glaring gap in the current draft agreement: a roadmap away from fossil fuels.
Sir David King reacts:
With negotiations at COP30 reaching their crucial closing stages, there is a glaring gap in the current draft agreement: a roadmap away from fossil fuels.
Sir David King reacts:
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“A credible pathway to phase out fossil fuels must be at the heart of any outcome here.”
With negotiations at COP30 reaching their crucial closing stages, there is a glaring gap in the current draft agreement: a roadmap away from fossil fuels.
Sir David King reacts:
With negotiations at COP30 reaching their crucial closing stages, there is a glaring gap in the current draft agreement: a roadmap away from fossil fuels.
Sir David King reacts:
CCAG co-hosted a high-level roundtable on the future of national climate plans with E3G and Groundswell – exploring how countries can close the ambition gap and accelerate real progress toward the 1.5°C goal.
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
CCAG co-hosted a high-level roundtable on the future of national climate plans with E3G and Groundswell – exploring how countries can close the ambition gap and accelerate real progress toward the 1.5°C goal.
Ministers at COP30 have united to launch FIRST, a major South–South effort to cut methane and nitrous oxide from agriculture. Brazil & the UK also unveiled the Belém Declaration on Fertilisers to advance sustainable production and nutrient management.
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ministers at COP30 have united to launch FIRST, a major South–South effort to cut methane and nitrous oxide from agriculture. Brazil & the UK also unveiled the Belém Declaration on Fertilisers to advance sustainable production and nutrient management.
We enjoyed reading Carlos Nobre’s profile interview with The Financial Times on the Amazon rainforest’s rapidly approaching tipping point - the critical threshold beyond which the Amazon enters an irreversible collapse.
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We enjoyed reading Carlos Nobre’s profile interview with The Financial Times on the Amazon rainforest’s rapidly approaching tipping point - the critical threshold beyond which the Amazon enters an irreversible collapse.
The UN’s latest Global Methane Status Report shows some encouraging signs of action, but the gap between effort and necessity remains vast. Governments must act now and implement cuts in national plans.
Read more about this vital emergency brake in our latest report: www.ccag.earth/news/pulling...
Read more about this vital emergency brake in our latest report: www.ccag.earth/news/pulling...
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The UN’s latest Global Methane Status Report shows some encouraging signs of action, but the gap between effort and necessity remains vast. Governments must act now and implement cuts in national plans.
Read more about this vital emergency brake in our latest report: www.ccag.earth/news/pulling...
Read more about this vital emergency brake in our latest report: www.ccag.earth/news/pulling...
This week at COP30, CCAG members Fatima Denton and Arunabha Ghosh took part in a roundtable on critical minerals.
Critical minerals will play an essential part in the climate transition, enabling technology needed to speed up decarbonisation - making discussions such as this ever more important.
Critical minerals will play an essential part in the climate transition, enabling technology needed to speed up decarbonisation - making discussions such as this ever more important.
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This week at COP30, CCAG members Fatima Denton and Arunabha Ghosh took part in a roundtable on critical minerals.
Critical minerals will play an essential part in the climate transition, enabling technology needed to speed up decarbonisation - making discussions such as this ever more important.
Critical minerals will play an essential part in the climate transition, enabling technology needed to speed up decarbonisation - making discussions such as this ever more important.
Yesterday at COP30, CCAG member Fatima Denton joined Marcelo Mena for a powerful discussion on why fair and fast methane action matters, hosted by Global Methane Hub.
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Yesterday at COP30, CCAG member Fatima Denton joined Marcelo Mena for a powerful discussion on why fair and fast methane action matters, hosted by Global Methane Hub.