Syed Azhar Hussain Shah

The world is convening in Belém for COP to address climate change, pollution, and their growing societal impacts. The criticisms have already begun—about the venue, the process, and the outcomes. I’ve been a longtime critic myself. But we need a little perspective. Despite its flaws, COP continues to be the only global mechanism that facilitates large-scale, open discussions on climate change, while also fostering some degree of strategic planning and collaboration. Its limitations are...

Two concrete steps we can take today to advance meaningfully in combating climate change. The accelerated warming of the planet—and society’s inability to slow its advance—require a change in course and leadership on the part of both the public and private sectors. Tackling the super pollutant methane , responsible for approximately 40% of global warming , can buy us more time as we develop the long-term low-carbon infrastructure and carbon removal technologies needed to stop and ultimately...

As climate change advances more rapidly than projected, society must come together to respond quickly and decisively. Because we need to slow warming quickly, it has become imperative to prioritize investment into tackling specific greenhouse gases (GHGs) that have higher global warming potentials than others—buying our global community more time to build the low-carbon infrastructure and carbon removal solutions needed to stop and then reverse climate change. The “super pollutant” methane ...