Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached
24/9/2025: A new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab reveals that 7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been breached, one more than last year. For the first time, Ocean Acidification has transgressed its Planetary Boundary.
Source: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Africa asserts agency at Ethiopia climate summit
19/9/2025: The Africa Climate Summit held in Ethiopia announced a total of $150 billion in homegrown financial commitments to African climate solutions. However, the Addis Ababa Declaration on Climate Change frames the climate crisis as an issue of economic justice, in which climate finance from historical polluters is a “legal obligation and not charity”.
Source: Dialogue Earth
World’s top court endorses compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis
23/7/2025: Governments of countries that have driven global warming with their planet-heating emissions could be held legally accountable for the damage caused to other nations, after the International Court of Justice ruled that harming the climate is a breach of international law.
Source: Climate Home News
Green Climae Fund approves record $1.2 billion for projects
7/7/2025: Despite the Trump administration rescinding $4 billion in pledges, the Green Climate Fund aims to approve at least $3 billion in funding to organizations this year. It has adopted sweeping reforms to accelerate its accreditation system for organizations applying for funds.
Source: Devex
Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”
4/7/2025: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, urging states to regulate fossil fuels and corporate emissions. The ruling may influence the higher International Court of Justice in delivering an advisory opinion on the legal obligation of states to limit climate change later this year.
Source: Climate Home News
Disappointing outcome to Bonn climate negotiations
26/6/2025: On the conclusion of the 2025 UN Bonn climate meetings, Oxfam has expressed concern at rich countries’ continued refusal to accept responsibility for climate costs in the Global South.
Source: Oxfam International
Campaigners call for reforms to rescue UN climate process
23/6/2025: More than 200 climate campaign groups have issued a joint call for UN climate decisions to be adopted by majority voting rather than requiring consensus. At COP29 last year, developed countries watered down ambition on a new climate finance goal.
Source: Climate Home News
Climate justice movement launched in Nigeria
29/5/2025: Greenpeace Africa has brought together over 40 Nigerian civil society groups to launch the Climate Justice Movement, the first of its kind in the country. Similar launches have taken place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and Ghana. The movement promotes collaboration among grassroots groups, advocating for environmental justice across the region.
Source: Inter Press Service
Trump’s first 100 days: US walks away from global climate action
29/4/2025: In 100 days the Trump administration has crippled international climate finance and reneged on its own pledges, as well as undermining environmental treaties such as the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The entire State Department’s Office for Global Change, which oversees global climate policy, has been dismantled and all of its employees laid off.
Source: Climate Home News
World Bank defends climate strategy ahead of Spring Meetings
17/4/2025: The World Bank has defended its commitment to devoting 45% of its annual lending to climate-related projects. And it has continued using phrases such as “climate change” and “climate finance” despite the Trump administration’s attempts to ban such terms by the organizations it funds. The US is the Bank’s largest shareholder.
Source: Devex