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The 2nd Commonwealth Blue Charter Ministerial Steering Committee took place on the sidelines of the 3rd UN Ocean Conference held in Nice, France, this week, reinforcing their collective commitment to protecting the ocean and accelerating action under the Commonwealth Blue Charter Action Groups.

By Uzoamaka Nwamarah, Adviser Climate Change, and Knollis Delle, Assistant Research Officer, ����̽��.

Delegates at the recent 4th Biennial Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition (CSET) Forum called for increased South-South cooperation to drive just and sustainable energy transitions across the Commonwealth.

Blog by Mxolisi Sibanda, Interim Head of Climate Change, ����̽��

The 4th Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition (CSET) Forum started today at the ����̽�� at Marlborough House in London.

Nigeria has launched a new joint case team to step up its response to cybercrimes that affect people and businesses at home and abroad.

By Dr Gina Maswabi, Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser for Sri Lanka

More than 80 experts and partners came together at the ����̽��’s headquarters in London this week to tackle the intersection of food security and climate finance, amid global development spending cuts.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is currently holding the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 2 to 13 December.

One message that has resonated across the conference halls at COP29 is the urgent call for increased access to critical climate finance. 

The challenge before the Commonwealth of Nations is monumental. Climate change is no longer a distant threat — it is here, testing resilience, economies, and the future of humanity itself. Despite some important progress, the world is not yet on track to keep global temperatures below 2°C, let alone within the critical 1.5°C threshold. Achieving this will require unprecedented cooperation, courage, and commitment. The race to triple renewable capacity is hotting up. 

The voices of the Indigenous Peoples of the Iwokrama Forest, one of the last pristine rainforests in the world, echoed through the hallways of COP29 in Azerbaijan today, more than 6,500 miles from their native Guyana.

The international community must fulfil its promises to provide greater financial support to small island countries at the frontline of climate change.

Commonwealth countries must unite and use their collective voice to demand that climate finance promises are kept to prevent human suffering, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, said at COP29 in Baku today.

Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, points like a finger into the Caspian Sea. Today, as the world's climate negotiators, advocates and activists descend on the city for the UNFCCC's 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), this finger also points to a greener world - but only if we stand in solidarity with nature and each other.

Pension and sovereign funds can take concrete actions to scale up their adaptation financing, explains Daniel Wilde, Economic Adviser, ����̽��.

A message from the Commonwealth Secretary-General, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, ahead of COP29.

This article explains the New Collective Quantified Goal and how the ����̽�� is helping developing countries through the climate finance complexities.

Blog by Unnikrishnan Divakaran Nair, Assistant Director Climate Change and Sustainability, ����̽��.

Delegates from Commonwealth countries have called for "bold and innovative action" to tackle the out-of-school youth crisis worsened by climate change.

As one of the signature events ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the 2024 Commonwealth Climate Breakfast this year focused on building consensus for climate finance targets in the run-up to COP 29. The packed room was addressed by the Prime Ministers from Tonga and Tuvalu; the Vice-President of the Maldives; Minister for Fisheries and Forests in the Government of Fiji, and the Secretary for Foreign Affairs from Mauritius.