At COP29 in Baku, Azerbajan, the focus was on climate finance and the tagline was ‘in solidarity for a green world’. But what does solidarity mean to the countries most badly affected by climate change? Our Senior Director, Climate Diplomacy, talks to climate activists at COP to find out.

Opportunity Green’s focus at COP29 was the potential to generate climate finance from the aviation and shipping sectors. Our CEO reflects on how each sector is shaping up when it comes to climate finance – and finds that aviation is undoubtedly falling short.

The UK’s new Foreign Secretary David Lammy made the welcome announcement that climate would be central to the UK’s foreign diplomacy. Now it just needs to be financed – which is where the undertaxed sectors of shipping and aviation come in.

The latest round of negotiations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) had everything to be a historical moment. But will this moment be remembered in years to come? Our Shipping Manager, Ana Laranjeira, assesses the outcomes.

Our Shipping Manager Ana is Opportunity Green’s first employee to celebrate a one-year anniversary! Here, Ana reflects on what inspires her work and how OG has changed in that time…

We went into last week’s talks at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) feeling optimistic that Member States would step up at this pivotal moment before they adopt a revised GHG Strategy in July. Now we’re left asking – how much did they deliver?