Siphoning feared

Perseverance pays

Learning from Lorenzo's oil

Junk CAS

What civil society groups want the World Bank to do

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

Not much incentive

The JNU way out

Cut in research funds

BRAZIL

Spillage damages

Complete makeover

Sanitary by 2010

Participatory survey gives Bangladesh the confidence to prepone sanitation coverage target

Don't bank on them

Noted financial institutes support projects harmful to the environs

Dead end

Toll road triggers protests

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

Labour's love lost

Goodshow

Exchange programme

Drastic step

Andhra government mulls draconian laws on rainwater harvesting

Risky move

WB's U-turn on hydropower

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