Climate
UN calls for finance to close adaptation gap
Catherine Early The yawning gap between the cost of adapting to climate change and the finance available is becoming a chasm, experts warn ahead […]
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Aid
Plotting a green Covid recovery: How the EU, US and China stack up
Sam Morgan Covid-19’s impact on the world economy has prompted Brussels, Washington and Beijing to invest in bumper stimulus plans to help ride out […]
Aid
Too much climate finance given as loans force poorer nations into debt
A paltry 14 percent of climate finance is going to the least developed nations and just 2 percent to small island developing states, which […]
Aid
Climate finance from multi-lateral banks reaches $61.6 billion in 2019
The 2019 report shows that $46.6 billion – or 76% of total financing for the year – was devoted to climate change mitigation investments that […]
Aid
COP-25 reminder: Where is the Compensation for the Climate Vulnerable
Industrialized countries pledged to compensate the vulnerable and the least developed countries in Copenhagen, in Paris, in various COPs and even in SDGs; but […]
Aid
Despite size, Congo Basin attracts less funding than other major forest areas
RICHARD EBA’A ATYI Stronger capacities and governance needed to boost international support for Central African forests The Congo Basin is home to the second […]
Aid
Rabobank and UN Environment create new billion-dollar facility for sustainable agriculture
The Facility aims to finance sustainable land use, help achieve the Paris Climate Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals and aims to provide grants, de-risking instruments […]
Aid
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation awards $20 million in environmental grants
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation announced its largest-ever portfolio of environmental grants, increasing the organization’s total direct financial impact to over $80 million since 1998. The […]
Education
Africa Analysis: Research grant shake-up brings hope
Linda Nordling An initiative to harmonise how African research grants are managed is good news. When Tanzania’s national science funding body, the Commission for […]