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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CO2 cuts in doubt as China, India bend coal targets
Ranjit Devraj Climate change action demands stricter emissions control of Asia Pacific’s coal burners, say analysts. With coal-based energy responsible for 40 per cent […]
Sustainable Business
Offshore wind will need major investments in transmission, supply chain, reports say
Robert Zullo The authors encourage the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which leases federal waters for offshore wind, to consistently open new lease […]
Sustainable Business
Leaked document suggest proposed revised EU energy law a huge step backwards on climate
A leaked version of the Energy Council’s proposed revision to the EU’s key energy infrastructure regulation – seen by NGOs – would lock in […]
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 […]
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Thirsty hydropower: misuse of drinking water pipelines has destroyed a river in Bulgaria
Andrey Ralev The Blagoevgradska Bistritsa hydropower cascade was planned to use only the drinking water of the town of Blagoevgrad. Eight years later, it […]
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Environmental organizations issue 7 policy recommendations on biodiversity and One Health
Gabrielle Lipton Health, finance and landscape custodians called to the forefront of conservation policy As Earth’s biodiversity declines, the perilous consequences are proving to […]
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Vaccine Deployment and Investment Key to Sustaining the Economic Recovery: World Bank
The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year. A recovery, however, […]
Biodiversity
South Korea’s finance of ‘green’ palm oil drives destruction in Indonesia
Seulki Lee A growing grassroots movement aims to stop the government bankrolling palm oil companies linked to forest destruction and human rights abuses In […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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Fossil fuels rank high in G20’s Covid-19 recovery plans
Fermín Koop G20 governments have allocated at least US$151 billion to fossil fuels since the pandemic started, largely overlooking renewables Most of the world’s […]
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