The search for stability
Stabilising the climate
There has never been a collective human endeavour more ambitious than stabilising the climate. In this special report our journalists assess what it will take to meet the historic goals agreed on in Paris six years ago
- Stabilising the climate: The agenda for the COP 26 summit
- The state of play: What the Paris agreement of 2015 meant
- The Asian century’s emissions: How Asia is crucial in the battle against climate change
- Economics and energy: The economics of the climate
- Negative emissions: Why the world needs negative emissions
- Sources and acknowledgments
- Veils and ignorance: Governing the atmosphere
Stabilising the climate
The agenda for the COP 26 summit
There has never been a collective human endeavour more ambitious than stabilising the climate. In this special report our journalists assess what it will take to meet the historic goals agreed on in Paris six years ago
The state of play
What the Paris agreement of 2015 meant
Replacing fossil fuels is becoming easier. But temperatures are still likely to rise too far
The Asian century’s emissions
How Asia is crucial in the battle against climate change
Whether the climate can ever be stabilised depends largely on Asia
Economics and energy
The economics of the climate
Energy choices shape economies—and could reshape them
Negative emissions
Why the world needs negative emissions
If negative emissions are to play a role in policy much more needs to be done to make them practically achievable
Veils and ignorance
Governing the atmosphere
Technologies which might stabilise the climate could do the reverse to international relations
Previous report
the new order
World trade
Trade has been about growth and efficiency. Now other goals are competing for attention, says Soumaya Keynes