Global growth to slow in 2023, trade to grow at less than a third the pace before pandemic: World Bank

Growth projections for 70% emerging markets & developing countries downgraded  

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

UN report outlines how developing, developed countries can reduce emissions from constructions

If India uses recycled materials, it could reduce emissions in the material cycle of residential buildings by 50-70 per cent

High Road to Dubai COP28: Seven days later, Agenda for SB 58 still not adopted

Parties and chairs of the SBI and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice have gone back into huddles to decide on the way …

The Global South is on the rise — but what exactly is the Global South?

With an economic shift & enhanced political visibility, countries in the Global South are increasingly asserting themselves on the …

High road to Dubai COP28: Developing countries demand ambition on financial support in Bonn

There can be no discussion on enhancing mitigation ambition in developing country Parties without an accompanied discussion on enhancing …

Paris finance meet: Key takeaways from a summit that showed the scale of the challenge ahead

The summit did not precipitate any transformational solutions, but it started a conversation on the climate and development financing crisis, and …

High road to Dubai COP28: 6th Technical Expert Dialogue on New Collective Quantified Goal held at Bonn

Quantum of new climate finance goal should be based on needs of developing countries, backed by science & tied to specific outcomes, …

Declining food imports by most vulnerable countries a cause for concern: FAO

World food import bill to touch record high, but cost-of-living pressures may persist in 2023

High road to Dubai COP28: Here is how Global Stocktake talks fared in week 1 at Bonn

Adaptation, finance and pre-2020 implementation gap highlighted at Bonn Climate Conference

Climate ambition requires reform of current financial system: CSE report

Current form of financing is adding burden on developing countries, CSE and other experts discuss at webinar

Refugees are living longer in exile than ever before, with complex consequences for them and their host communities

Without any systematic solutions to deal with migration and refugees, refugees continue to forge ahead without a clear direction.

Pay attention to what’s happening with the Loss & Damage Fund

Climate justice hangs in the balance, as developed countries look for exit routes and seek to narrow eligibility for receiving money  

Simply Put: A bridge too far

India, South Africa block attempt to include ‘investment facilitation for development’ agreement at WTO meet

New issues should not be considered for ministerial mandates unless past decisions and unfulfilled mandates were acted upon, states India

COP28 Recap: What was finally decided in the Global Stocktake?

Global Stocktake text has some key highlights & evident gaps, a big one being on the operationalisation of equity in the fossil fuels transition

Every country can make a difference — but carbon reductions need to be realistic & fair

Developing countries can decarbonise while continuing to grow

Countries not on track to reach 100% renewable energy systems

No G20 nation up to speed to reach 100 per cent renewables either in the power sector or economy-wide

Poorest countries are in debt; spent record $443.5 bln in debt service payments

Interest payments by these countries quadrupled to all-time high of $23.6 billion in 2022

COP28: New GST text urges global Net Zero by 2050 with cuts to fossil fuels; proposes rapid phasedown of coal

Experts term it a retrograde draft; presidency shifts onus on parties   

COP28: Differences on responsibility continue in the 15th Global Stocktake negotiation

A final round of negotiations is expected on December 6, following which the text will be handed over to the Presidency

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

COP28: Developed countries owe $500 billion to developing ones under new climate finance goal, finds UNCTAD

Some $250 billion of the $500 billion owed should go to mitigation, $100 billion for adaptation and $150 billion for loss and damage

Global economy’s weakest half-decade performance in 30 years likely by end of 2024, warns World Bank

Calls for $2.4 trillion increase in investment by developing countries for course correction

COP28 recap: Climate finance negotiations showed little progress 

New climate finance goal discussions remained limited to process, substantive elements pushed to COP29