LDCs Trapped in Climate Debt Spiral- Climate Debt Risk Index
CDRI 2024 calls for radical finance reforms CDRI uncovers alarming trends that threaten equity, justice, and sustainable development in climate finance The Climate Debt Risk Index 2024 (CDRI), introduced by Change Initiative (CI), calls for a complete overhaul of the…
New Report Details Growing Role of Regional Climate Solutions
Cities, Indigenous groups, businesses, and organizations across regions are advancing inclusive, nature-positive climate solutions to help make a net-zero future achievable by 2050, according to a new report by the Marrakech Partnership, UN Climate Change and the UN Climate Change…
World Resources Institute: Climate Action Faces a Setback with Trump’s Second Term
WASHINGTON (November 6, 2024) — The Associated Press has declared Donald J. Trump and JD Vance the winners of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Republicans won the majority in the U.S. Senate while control of the U.S. House of Representatives…
COP29: Tanzania Lists Crucial Climate Projects
TANZANIA expects to present proposals for major strategic projects at the 29th conference of the parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP29) to be held in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku starting next week. Cyprian Luhemeja, permanent secretary in the…
A bigger Picture for Climate Finance by Jennifer Sara
COP29 will kick off in Baku in less than a month. Among the topics for these negotiations of the Parties is to set a new climate finance goal to replace the previous target originally set in 2009. The landscape around…
Making Next Round of National Climate Pledges Succeed
By Jennifer BaumwollUNDP Head of Climate Strategies and Policy For those of us following the climate crisis unfold every day, the urgency with which we need to act has never been clearer. The past few years have brought into sharp…
Investing in Human Capital for Climate-Resilient Agriculture
By World Bank Blog Agriculture, the backbone of many developing economies, is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Farmers worldwide are adapting their practices to cope with fluctuating temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, and the increasing frequency of extreme…
Green Climate Fund to fund Three major greening projects in Egypt and globally
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved funding for three major greening projects that would benefit Egypt and more than a dozen other countries in the Global South at a total cost of $2.687 billion. The projects that will receive…
Sierra Leone Launches Climate Adaptation Solutions
The Government of Sierra Leone, in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Global Environment Facility, has launched a transformative initiative to enhance climate resilience through innovation and entrepreneurship in water, agriculture, and energy sectors. The…
Climate change Impacts continue to Fuel Tensions in Nigeria
Despite its huge potential, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, continues to grapple with a host of challenges which are impacting people’s lives and triggering conflict over key resources, a senior UN official in the country said on Friday. Speaking to…