Respond Magazines

Respond Cop29

COP29 will be the first hosted in the Caucasus, and we are honoured to represent our region to the world.Climate change affects everyone differently: we face extreme heat, water scarcity and declining water levels in the Caspian Sea that have a direct impact on our lives and livelihoods.

Respond Cop28

COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber told an audience in Baku on 26 October that he was determined to take a “business unusual approach” to “close a massive emissions gap” and deliver climate outcomes at COP28.

Respond Cop27

Egypt’s COP27 Presidency set out its vision for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The aim is to make COP27 an “implementation COP” by urging action across prior agreements through all areas of climate change need, with a focus on protecting people from the immediate impacts of climate change, ensuring no one is left behind.

Respond 2022

The world must honour the promises made in Paris six years ago. That ultimately, rests with world leaders; success, or failure, of COP26 is in their hands. And so is the fate of the Paris Agreement.

Respond 2020

As you know, this year, 2019, is a very important year for the protection of our oceans from climate change. Our knowledge of the oceans, although still limited, has provided considerable information and evidence that turn on the alarms to push us to promote concrete actions to protect our oceans.

Respond 2019

The special report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change unequivocally states that the world is not on track to limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C, as outlined in the Paris Agreement - and the window to achieve this is closing rapidly. We’re almost out of time.

Respond 2018

In 2017, one climate story has dominated the international news: Donald J Trump. The incoming president confirmed in June he intends to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement his predecessor invested so much political capital in bringing to fruition. But climate change is bigger than one man, no matter how obstructive.

Respond 2017

A year after the Paris Agreement was sealed by 195 countries in the French capital, we look at the rapid deployment of green and clean technologies around the world, and assess the policies that could drive yet further private sector investments in the low carbon economy.

Respond 2016

As nearly 200 countries arrive in Paris for the COP21 UN climate summit, this year's Respond Magazine charts the huge rise of clean technology, financing and green thinking around the world. We look ahead to the Paris talks, speak to some of the key players and look back at a hugely important year for the climate and clean energy sector.

Respond 2015

From 400,000 people marching in New York to the New Climate Economy report, 2014 was a year to build momentum for a climate deal. Respond Magazine 2015 looks forward to the critical summit in Paris and showcases an array of low carbon projects making the green transition happen. Featuring commentary from IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri, former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer and Costa Rica’s environment minister Edgar Gutierrez.