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
UN Climate Ambition Summit 2023: Who’s leading the charge?
Topics like Loss and Damage Fund, fossil fuel phaseout and $100-billion climate finance promise remain inconspicuous
WASH: UN report finds 2030 SDG targets may just be a dream
Plans in place to address water and sanitation issues, countries face hurdles in implementation, says GLAAS report
Climate financing adds to poor countries’ debt pile: Oxfam
Eighty per cent of climate financing was provided as loans in 2017-18, according to study
Why one of three African candidates fits the bill as the new head of the WTO
Africa represents a key bloc within the WTO and accounts for nearly 27 per cent of membership and 35 per cent of members from developing countries
Wanted: An urban equivalent of MGNREGA
Such a programme is the need of the hour not only as a measure to revive the urban economy now, but also to mitigate any further shocks to …
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
African leaders demand financial systems reform; launch ‘Africa Club’ at 37th African Union Summit
African heads of state highlighted need for transformation of global financial architecture to address climate & development needs
COM2024: Climate financing hurdles take centrestage at African economic ministers’ conference
Some of the home-grown financing solutions that some African countries have already started embracing include carbon trading
We must catalyse innovation towards sustainable finance to enhance India’s climate resilience
Tapping the vibrant innovation ecosystem and enabling smooth green finance can drive the adoption of sustainable projects
COP28: New Initiative to tackle debt & climate change launched by Kenya, Colombia, France
Countries announce coalition of experts to review linkages between debt, nature and climate change
COP28: African youths want industrialised nations to more than double adaptation finance in Africa
Even if adaptation finance was doubled to $40 billion, it wouldn't still meet the assessed needs, they highlighted
UN projects food inflation to go up in 2024 due to El Nino, rising geopolitical tensions
May impact food insecurity, poverty; scaling up climate financing critical to help developing countries cope with climate impact
COP28: Global Stocktake adopted, final text attempts stronger language on fossil fuels
Language calling out production of fossil fuels is now missing — a trade off for not making actions optional
Global climate finance increasing, but scale & pace not enough: New report
Increase in overall average climate finance flows to the one trillion threshold represents only 1% of the global GDP
Marginal triumph at COP28
The world agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28 Dubai, besides operationalising a Loss and Damage Fund; it did not set a deadline …
COP28 Diary (December 10, 2023): New GGA draft weaker than previous text, countries talk about finance gaps at Majlis
Parties still not on same page about responsibilities in GST text; final texts on carbon market expected December 11
Children in 48 African countries at high risk of climate change impacts, says UNICEF report
International climate finance does not prioritise children, says UNICEF
Africa needs diversified green funds to plug climate adaptation finance gap of $41.3 billion: Report
Climate change may lead to an equivalent annual GDP loss of 10-20% in Africa by 2100
Extreme weather hits economies, hurts Asia most: WMO report
Loss due to landslides increased by 147% compared to average in the past 20 years
Wind power in India: Report blames COVID-19 pandemic for slowest growth in decade
India added just 1.1 gigawatt of onshore wind projects in 2020
Bihar set to increase size of its green budget for next financial year
After education and health, major provisions will be made for the green budget, said officials
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
Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt burden increased to record $702 billion in 2020 — highest in a decade
The region has more debt than it can pay off