Climate
Why we should stop labelling people climate change deniers
Meanwhile, far from the pomp and formality of COP meetings, do local populations feel engaged in climate change action? I doubt it.
Category: Climate
Aid
World Bank Group Announces $200 billion over Five Years for Climate Action
By ramping up direct adaptation finance to reach around $50 billion over FY 21-25, the World Bank will, for the first time, give this equal emphasis alongside investments...
Climate
State and Regional Governments Decarbonizing at Double the Rate of G20 Governments
This year, 37 governments from Argentina, Brazil, Columbia Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico disclosed, and Latin America became the second largest group of disclosing governments after Europe.
Sustainable Business
HSBC CEO Slammed For Coal Double-Standard at Climate Finance Summit
Activists hijack twitter feed and confront HSBC over discriminatory coal policy Activists continued their campaign against HSBC’s CEO John Flint and his bank’s double […]
Climate
From German Trains to South Korean Buses, Hydrogen Fuel is back in the Energy Picture
Bianca Nogrady As the price of renewable energy drops and storage technologies mature, hydrogen fuel is drawing fresh attention. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis was refueling his […]
Biodiversity
IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas
Green listed sites are certified as being effectively managed and fairly governed, with a positive impact on people and nature.
Aid
Equity and Transparency in Climate Finance: Expectation in COP-24
Absence of legally binding agreement on funding has created immense uncertainty for the vulnerable developing countries to secure the required finance especially for adaptation. […]
Cities
Navi Mumbai in airport India ignores climate resilience
Anjali Dhamale of Chinchpada village is a worried woman. Her household of 11 people that makes a living by growing rice and rearing fish […]
Sustainable Business
Companies are seizing new markets in clean energy aiming to cap global warming at 1.5 °C
A dramatic upsurge in demand for renewable energy from ambitious multinational companies is now shifting markets away from fossil fuels in more than 140 […]
Sustainable Business
Don’t Burn Your House to Smoke out a Rat: Climate Change Interventions
The ultimate result is, the tax-payer’s money which otherwise should have been used for welfare schemes, is being thrown in the drain in the garb of clean energy...
Climate
The unique Himalayan wetlands under threat
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment The Himalayan wetlands are under threat due to unregulated urbanisation and unsustainable tourism. Urgent attention […]
Climate
Costs, risks and benefits: can carbon sequestration take off?
Feng Hao After the IPCC’s urgent warning on climate change, will China speed up development of controversial carbon capture technologies? The UN Intergovernmental Panel […]