The annual UN conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention has kicked off in Egypt and it is getting attention like never before. When the UN Secretary General tells us that we are close to irreversible tipping points and “climate hell” then we should be sitting up and listening. 

But what can we hear through the hubbub of statements from Heads of State, multiple side events, news reports and pre COP blogs? What will hold our attention and that of our leaders preoccupied with recession, food and energy price hikes, the war in Ukraine and the impending northern hemisphere winter?

Read the first blog by TPP Principal, Sam Bickersteth.

In this blog formerly published on USAID's blog page, David Jabobstein examines gaps between how donors understand their contributions to spur change, versus how change actually happens. If we don't get clearer on the actual work of change, it limits our ability to collaborate toward change with proper accountability.

Yemen’s electricity sector is in a state of crisis.  This blog by TPP Director Neil McCulloch outlines how a new approach is needed to fix it with a focus on restoring livelihoods.