Climate budgeting: What it is, what it isn’t, and how it works
Climate budgeting puts climate at the heart of decision-making, alongside other priority areas, helping to drive the short-term action that is so desperately needed. This article defines exactly what climate budgeting is, what it isn’t, and introduces how it works….
Multilateral Fund to Grow Green Firms: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
by Nancy Lee and Dan Preston Five years ago, we made a proposal to help address a capital market gap that pervades the developing world: the lack of finance for young, innovative firms with potential for rapid growth and job…
Proposal to Make Migration Work for Adaptation: Classifying Remittances as Climate Finance
by Samuel Huckstep and Jonathan Beynon Climate finance is falling short of meeting the adaptation needs of those most vulnerable to climate change. What little is provided increasingly comes from existing, and already overstretched, development budgets. Development leaders emphasise their…
Strong Climate Action Footholds in the incoming European Commission
An orientation briefing following the announcement of Ursula von der Leyen’s proposed College of Commissioners Written by Sandra Tzvetkova, Vincent Hurkens, Pepe Escrig, Manon Dufour Download Briefing | Strong climate action footholds in the incoming European Commission Commission President Von der Leyen has…
In Ghana and Kenya, Rural communities Adopt Climate Solutions to Strengthen Food Security
Across the African continent, drought affects rural livelihoods, threatening food security, diminishing household incomes and displacing communities. Innovative solutions developed by local innovators can minimize those consequences during the dry season and strengthen resilience. In Ghana, an organization has established…
Where are the UFOs? Climate Change may have Prevented Aliens from visiting Earth
By Christopher Harress | charress@reckonmedia.com Have you ever wondered why civilizations and empires don’t survive? They virtually all fold under the pressure of war, economic instability, corruption, political collapse, changes to the climate, and other environmental disasters. You’ve heard of…
The Hidden Hand of Climate Change in the Presidential Election
Even when the candidates aren’t talking about it, it’s still there. Paul Waldman Heatmap Illustration/Getty Images Earlier this week, ProPublica published an investigation revealing that the Heritage Foundation, home of Project 2025, has been flooding the federal government with Freedom of Information…
COP29 Azerbaijan Operating Company Secures ISO 45001 Certification
The COP29 Azerbaijan Operating Company has been awarded the internationally recognised ISO 45001 certification, following an external audit carried out by Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS, a global leader in independent monitoring, auditing, and risk management. The certification was officially…
COP29 Organising Committee Convenes 7th Meeting
The Organising Committee of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change held its seventh meeting on October 1st. Samir Nuriyev, Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of…
Baku Climate Action Week Concludes with Bold Commitments and Strategic Initiative
The final day of Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW) saw powerful commitments and groundbreaking initiatives, strengthening Azerbaijan’s leadership on global climate action ahead of COP29. The week-long gathering, running from 30 September to 4 October, saw over 700 participants across more than…