Getting from climate pledges to climate action

Devising effective policies to clean up our fossil-fuel-based economies requires a combination of technical, economic, and political expertise, underscoring the need for NGOs to provide regulators with critical data and technical know-how

Too often, regulators have no choice but to rely on the information provided to them by the very industries they are charged with overseeing. This dynamic can result in weak regulation and missed policy objectives.

The Paris climate agreement, concluded in 2015, has been instrumental in rallying countries around the world to commit to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. 

But setting ambitious climate targets has not always resulted in meaningful action. The United Nations’ recent “global stocktake” report shows we are falling short of the drastic cuts needed to achieve climate stability, underscoring the urgent need for governments to act swiftly and decisively to keep global warming within safe limits.