Libya floods 2023: Why the Loss and Damage fund should be operationalised equitably

Developing countries say all of them should be able to access the funds and not specifically some country groupings

What ancient wisdom can teach businesses about sustainable finance

By making business education much more inclusive of diverse cultures and wisdoms, more industry leaders can learn to operate with conscience, …

COP28 Dubai: Climate finance to developing countries needs to quadruple by 2030 to reach Paris goals, says new report

Developed countries must lead by tripling the amount of bilateral concessional finance by 2030, say authors

Africa needs to double energy investments to achieve energy, climate goals by 2030: IEA

Full access to modern energy by 2030 will require investment of $25 billion per year

India saw natural disasters almost every day in first 9 months of 2022: CSE report

Highest toll in Himachal Pradesh; official data inadequate to show real extent of loss & damage

India underestimating heatwave impact, more than 90% of the country at risk: Study

Climate experts and policymakers should re-evaluate the metrics for assessing the country’s climate vulnerability as heatwaves in India …

Africa needs at least 9 times more climate finance to meet 2030 goals

Africa requires $277 billion annually to implement its Nationally Determined Contributions towards mitigating greenhouse gas emissions

CoP26: Net Zero within Africa’s reach

Nationally determined contributions well set, but finance may be a problem    

Glasgow CoP26: Climate finance pledges from rich nations are inadequate and time is running out

If developing countries do not receive financial assistance to reduce emissions, it is unlikely we will meet the commitment of the Paris …

COP27: Adaptation pledge sum 35% less than Glasgow, despite UN call for more support

Forty per cent of adaptation fund pledged in Glasgow not yet met 

COP27: Developing & developed blocks lock horns over new climate finance roadmap

Wealthy nations want to expand the donor base with New Collective Quantified Goal

PM Modi: Climate action ambitions must match with action on climate finance

Calls for democratising climate action in a blog article

COP27: Here’s how the Global Goal on Adaptation framework was negotiated at Sharm El-Sheikh

Framework will be considered and adopted at the COP28 in 2023; will review progress of achieving GGA

Climate change is biggest global threat for young people in Africa, Europe: Survey

Africa remains the most vulnerable continent despite its low contribution to greenhouse gas emissions; hence, climate interventions must focus on …

COP27: Let us not reinvent the wheel to finance loss and damage

While delegates in Sharm El-Sheikh debate the specifics of loss and damage finance, it would be well to remember to balance ambition and justice …

Access to financial services can help rural India cope with climate risks: Study

Over half the Indian households surveyed who faced climate shocks used their own savings to cope 

UN calls for overhaul of global governance to tackle climate crisis

It also outlined an ambitious plan to strengthen multilateral systems to address the crises of rising inequality, lack of finance for sustainable …

CoP26: Glasgow summit hits finance wall, lack of funds linked to achieving Net Zero target

India leads charge; Bangladesh, island countries also raise funds question  

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Progress towards protecting indigenous territories slow, say experts

Though the Indigenous Peoples have a crucial role in protecting land, they receive less than 1% of climate finance

Scaling up private finance is crucial to bridge funding gap for climate change projects

India’s climate pledges need a staggering $10 trillion financial investment, about three times the country’s GDP

‘Inaction of leaders led me to protest’: 12-year-old Manipuri activist shares her story after COP28 protest

Teachers and first-hand experience of facing weather extremes pushed the girl into activism  

Climate finance goal of $100 billion close to achievement, but still not met, shows OECD report

The goal may have been met in 2022, says OECD, but based on “preliminary and as yet unverified data”  

Bonn climate conference: Glasgow ‘colonial’ pact shifts burden of climate change to developing countries, say parties

Inadequate climate finance among the biggest challenges for developing countries bloc

Climate finance beyond $100 billion: Are we close to agreeing on a new climate finance target? 

Seventh Technical Expert Dialogue on the New Collective Quantified Goal highlighted well-known concerns, stressed need to accelerate …

Climate conferences have a huge trust deficit: How to make COP28 deliver

The fact that after 27 COPs the world is still not demonstrating tangible climate action is contributing to growing frustration