Lou del Bello

Freelance journalist, and regular IRIN contributor

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How will China’s ambitious new Silk Road impact climate change?

31 October 2017

Is the Belt and Road initiative effectively going to lead to China exporting its carbon emissions?

Analysis

Trump’s climate pullout could spell disaster for developing nations
5 June 2017
American businesses and developing nations alike are going to be worse off due to the US withdrawal from the Paris Accord
Analysis

Trump budget cuts would cripple clean energy in developing nations
24 May 2017
Developing countries relying on US research and development to fuel their clean energy programmes have to hope Congress rips up Trump’s budget

Trump could do more damage by staying in the Paris climate deal
9 May 2017 Analysis
Paris Discord: Is Trump unravelling the climate change agreement?
20 March 2017 Analysis
Kenyan slum activists build climate change resilience from the bottom up
12 January 2017 Feature

Analysis

Climate action gathering shakes off the Trump effect
21 November 2016
COP22 was all about fine-tuning the Paris Agreement. The talks stayed on track despite the Trump bombshell, but did they go far enough?
News

The battle to stop Trump hijacking the climate agenda
14 November 2016
Will Donald Trump abandon the Paris Agreement to combat climate change? No one knows, but diplomats aren’t waiting around to find out
Analysis

Water crisis in the Gulf needs radical solutions
21 July 2016
Radical answers are needed to solve the water crisis in the Gulf, but managing it as a precious, finite resource is the only long-term solution.
Analysis

Green Climate Fund feels the heat
16 February 2016
It’s just three months since world leaders reached an agreement in Paris to commit billions of dollars towards curbing and adapting to climate change. But...
Analysis

Food – the big picture
7 December 2015
Global food security is not just about how much we grow. To achieve it, we need to look at the bigger picture, particularly at the...
Feature

Cut emissions and build resilience
26 November 2015
Climate change is part of the planet’s natural cycle, and its citizens have always learned to cope. But the increased global temperatures recorded over the...

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