SEBI’s green and blue bonds: Are they the sustainable finance that India needs?
Developing countries like India are more likely to be affected by the climate crises; financial institutions will play a crucial role in such a …
Climate finance: Donors give less than they claim; and not for mitigation to needy countries
Mitigation finance primarily went to middle-income countries such as Brazil, India, Mexico and Indonesia
Economic downturn eats into climate mitigation, adaptation funding: UNCTAD
Reduced green investment will put a spanner in the efforts to fasttrack solutions for climate change.
Run up to COP27: Only a quarter of global climate finance flows into Asia; much of that in loan
India received a total of $37.1 billion in climate finance during 2013-2020
Climate change may push 2 million more into poverty in Malawi
Extreme weather can raise the small south African country’s poverty rate by 8% by 2040, warns World Bank Country report
Road to net zero: Developing countries can cut 70% emissions with modest investments, says World Bank
High-income countries responsible for historical emissions must rapidly decarbonise, says World Bank report
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
Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms world’s poorest countries?
Countries in Africa have some of the lowest national greenhouse gas emissions, and yet the continent is home to many of the world’s …
Adaptation Gap Report 2022 raises alarm on climate finance
International adaptation finance flows are 5-10 times lower than required
COP27: We don’t need new pacts, implement current ones, says climate scientist Saleemul Huq
Part 2: The climate scientist talks about need for region and ecosystem-wise targets for adaptation
Egypt’s support to developing countries gives hope for COP27: Climate scientist Saleemul Huq
Part 1: The climate scientist talks about critical climate issues that can play a major role at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
COP27 diary (November 7): ‘World on a highway to climate hell, with our foot on the accelerator’
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
COP27: Developing & developed blocks lock horns over new climate finance roadmap
Wealthy nations want to expand the donor base with New Collective Quantified Goal
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 …
COP27 diary (November 12): ‘US won't support legal structures for loss and damage liabilities’
Extreme weather hits economies, hurts Asia most: WMO report
Loss due to landslides increased by 147% compared to average in the past 20 years
COP27 diary (November 15): Political support to loss and damage facility critical, says Pakistan
Double standards on fossil fuel, backtracking on pledges: BASIC fires shots at wealthy countries at COP27
India, China and Pakistan to work together in climate forum over common interests of developing countries
COP27 diary (November 16): ‘$100 billion in climate finance more of gesture from rich countries’
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 diary (November 10): Rich countries admit funding gap in addressing loss & damage
COP27 diary (November 17): Details on loss and damage facility, phasing out coal missing from ‘Cover Decision’ draft
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 …
Innovative finance mechanisms can scale up clean cooking
Developing countries should integrate clean cooking into their Nationally Determined Contributions to address climate change
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