What should central banks do to combat climate change in 2025?
|Written by Emma Thomasson While Donald Trump’s presidency is a major setback to US efforts to fight climate change, and to attempts to forge international consensus on the issue, other parts of the world are pushing ahead with efforts to…
Building Resilient Futures: A data revolution for climate-vulnerable populations
By World Bank The world is facing an era of compounded crises, from pandemics to conflicts to intensifying extreme weather events. For low-income and vulnerable households, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected states, these crises are devastating, erasing development gains, and…
Why are businesses falling short on climate goals?
Written byMarcin Kacperczyk Despite efforts to improve, large corporations are still playing a major role in the rise in global temperatures. Here, Professor of Finance Marcin Kacperczyk explores why. At the beginning of 2024, the world reached a sad milestone, completing…
What’s holding back the green transition?
Written byMirabelle Muûls New research from Imperial College Business School reveals what’s stopping businesses from taking action to protect our overheated planet. A wide commitment to reach net zero climate goals by 2050 requires a concerted effort from industry and…
COP29 Delivers new decade of action on gender and climate change
At COP29 in Baku, Parties decided to extend the Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender for 10 years, in a decision that reaffirms the important role of the work programme in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in the UN…
What is the Latest Science on Climate Change?
By Reuters BAKU, Nov 12 (Reuters) – This year’s U.N. climate summit – COP29 – is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures, adding pressure to negotiations aimed at curbing climate change. The last global scientific…
World Bank Approves $660 million for Türkiye to Expand Low-Carbon Rail Network
WASHINGTON—The World Bank Board today approved $660 million in financing to support Türkiye’s efforts to expand electric rail transportation that will help improve the efficient movement of goods across the country, boost exports, create jobs and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Canada adopts balanced approach to 2035 climate target
TORONTO — Anna Kanduth, Director of the Canadian Climate Institute’s 440 Megatonnes project, made the following statement in response to the announcement of Canada’s 2035 emissions reduction target: “Canada’s new 2035 climate target range is achievable and balances the need…
Major Research Project to Boost Climate Change Resilience of Africa’s Cities
A major new research project led by Imperial and partners in Africa aims to strengthen the climate change resilience of cities across the continent. The £6million project is funded by Wellcome and will help to significantly enhance resilience to the…
AE-FUNAI LAUNCHES CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PROJECT (CLIMCAP)
Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State has lunched the Climate Change Action Project, which is sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), United Kingdom. The project seeks to create awareness in Ebonyi State, being one the most vulnerable states…