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The 2019 report shows that $46.6 billion – or 76% of total financing for the year – was devoted to climate change mitigation investments that aim to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and slow down global warming. Of this, 59% went to low- and middle-income economies. Climate financing by

Business , Climate , Education , Environment , Multimedia , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 08/20/2020

Video gaming industry introducing environment and climate themes into their games

Some of the biggest names in mobile gaming with a combined active user base of 250 million players – unveiled a series of environmental activations they will be integrating into live games such as Subway Surfers, Angry Birds 2 and Golf Clash. During the first ever Green Mobile Game Jam, which took

Aid , Business , COVID-19 , Economy , Governance , Human Rights , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/19/2020

200 + countries to meet in early 2021 for charting post pandemic recovery

The UNCTAD15 conference will take place in Barbados under the theme “From inequality and vulnerability to prosperity for all” and will focus on global trade, economic recession and sustainable development especially of the least developed countries. UNCTAD’s 15th quadrennial ministerial confe

Aid , COVID-19 , Economy , Human Rights , Labour , Migration , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/17/2020

7 Ways to Reboot the Indian Rural Economy Post COVID-19

Avijit Choudhury As India is primarily an agrarian economy supporting 60% of the population, reviving agriculture and allied sectors would be critical post COVID. As India enters into the 4th phase of lockdown, we are caught between the dilemma of savings lives or protecting livelihoods by keeping t

Aid , Business , Cities , Climate , Gender , Monitoring , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/15/2020

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development failing in its gender framework commitments

Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath Evidence of meaningful implementation of the Gender Action Plan for EBRD and GCF’s Green Cities Framework – not found Knowledge is power. Informing women and men about the opportunities and risks of development projects should be the first step to empowering them to prote

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Education , Gender , Health , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 08/14/2020

Millions of children may return to a school with nowhere to wash their hands

Children returning to school this September may find a very different classroom to the ones they left, with socially distanced desks and a renewed focus on handwashing. But in thousands of schools around the world, even this most basic defence against Covid-19 will be out of reach for millions of st

Business , Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Economy , Governance , Labour , Sustainable Development / 08/13/2020

China’s economy is recovering quickly, as are its carbon emissions

Wang Yan Big investments in traditional infrastructures are driving the economy, but a path to green growth remains open Macroeconomic data for the first half of 2020, published on 16 July by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, revealed a striking recovery. Second quarter GDP growth turned po

Biodiversity , COVID-19 , Food , Forests , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Migration , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 08/12/2020

If food is the vaccine, forests conserved by indigenous communities is what we need the most!

Ranjan Panda & Pragati Prava The Covid pandemic has aggravated the hunger crisis in the world. Conflicts, climate change and economic downturn had already been increasing the number of acutely food-insecure people in the world over the past four years. In 2019, according to estimates

Biodiversity , Business , Disasters , Economy , Environment , Sustainable Development , Transport , Water / 08/11/2020

Mauritius grapples with worst environmental crisis in a generation

Malavika Vyawahare Thousands of species around the pristine lagoons are at risk of drowning in a sea of pollution, with dire consequences for Mauritius’ economy, food security, and health A ship that ran aground on a coral reef has leaked about 900 tons of fuel oil into the waters off the southeas

Disasters , Environment , Governance , Migration , Sustainable Development , Water / 08/09/2020

Assam, an ignored tale of failed flood management

Mayuri Purkayastha Out of 33 districts, every year 28 districts are devastated by floods which cause tremendous damage to lives and livelihoods. Growing up in Assam was different in a lot of ways. It was far removed from the concept of the concrete jungle in many ways, one could see green hillocks f

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