Reflections on Paris + 10
Ten years ago, on 12 December 2015, 195 governments adopted the Paris Agreement at the 21st UN Climate Change Conference (COP21). A decade on, it is time for both reflection and renewal.
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Carbon markets and offsetting: Why the CoP30 climate summit must reject false solutions
When it comes to international climate summits, there are few more contentious issues than that of money – who should pay for climate action and how should they do it? As the UN Climate Change Conference (CoP30) unfolds in Brazil, our attention turns once again to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, the mechanism intended […]
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An urgent need to reduce emissions – our report on the 37th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
Last week, our Climate team joined more than 600 delegates for the 37th Meeting of the Parties (MoP37) to the Montreal Protocol in Nairobi from 3-7 November 2025. EIA produced a briefing on the key substantive issues on the busy agenda, outlining the multiple opportunities to maximise greenhouse gas emissions reductions and enhance the recovery […]
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UK Heat Pump Week: How I decarbonised my home with a natural refrigerant heat pump
To mark UK Heat Pump Week, EIA Climate Campaigner Adam Aucock shares his experience of getting a climate-friendly natural refrigerant heat pump installed in his home. Within a few months of my recent house move, a major leak in our hot water system left us with some very wet carpets and in need of […]
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Four before Forty – four challenges for the Montreal Protocol on World Ozone Day 2025
It’s almost 100 years since Thomas Midgley Jr. first synthesised chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). It was 1928 and he was working for General Motors, looking for a safe refrigerant to avoid using flammable or toxic alternatives. General Motors and Dupont soon began producing ‘Freon’ chemicals, which quickly dominated the market for refrigerants and also found wide use […]
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The UK is experiencing increasingly frequent heatwaves – here’s why air-con isn’t the answer
As many parts of the UK swelter under the latest heatwave of the summer, interest in ways to keep cool is skyrocketing. There has been significant media interest on the relationship between heatwaves and climate change, as well as possible solutions to our overheating problem, particularly whether we should be encouraging the use of air-conditioning […]
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