climate finance

COP17: the overlooked biodiversity negotiations reach consensus to work on finance and implementation

COP17: the overlooked biodiversity negotiations reach consensus to work on finance and implementation

Yerevan - COP17, the Conference of the Parties responsible for implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework, the global roadmap for protecting nature and the ecosystem services on which the human ...

Biodiversity: Europe spends far too little and continues to fund harmful subsidies

Biodiversity: Europe spends far too little and continues to fund harmful subsidies

With just four years left to the2030 deadline, global biodiversity negotiations are seeking to move beyond promises and addressing implementation and international finance. From 19 to 30 October, th...

Nature loss could put 140M jobs at risk across the EU, UK and Switzerland

Nature loss could put 140M jobs at risk across the EU, UK and Switzerland

Yerevan - Perhaps the Kunming-Montreal Global Agreement on Biodiversity should have been called the ‘Agreement on Food Security and Nature’s Services to the Economy’. Brutal and Ca...

COP17 seeks consensus on nature finance and tackling environmentally harmful subsidies

COP17 seeks consensus on nature finance and tackling environmentally harmful subsidies

Yerevan - With the high-level segment of the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP17) now underway, attention is turning to a key issue: financing for nature, including the mobilisation of ...

COP17, the value of forests: an interview with Steve Edwards (FSC)

COP17, the value of forests: an interview with Steve Edwards (FSC)

More than 7 trillion dollars a year flow into activities that damage nature, compared with roughly 220 billion for nature-based solutions: a ratio of more than 30 to one, according to UNEP's State o...

COP17: the key challenge after the first week is to turn words into action

COP17: the key challenge after the first week is to turn words into action

Yerevan - Monday, 26 October marked the start of the second week of COP17, the UN negotiations on biodiversity. The Meridian Expo in Yerevan, Armenia, is ready to welcome ministers from member count...

Businesses and investors keep focusing on the climate

Businesses and investors keep focusing on the climate

So the idea that major investors do not care about the climate, and that the world of finance is turning its back on the energy transition, is not true. Despite Trump and his followers, the people w...

The mind, the society, the paralysis: The Enigma of Climate Inaction

The mind, the society, the paralysis: The Enigma of Climate Inaction

Why, despite decades of awareness of the severity of the climate crisis, do we continue to respond in a timid and fragmented manner? In The Enigma of Climate Inaction. Why Are We Doing Nothing ...

COP30, awaiting a negotiation reform

COP30, awaiting a negotiation reform

COP30 comes to an end as a mirror of the current times. Multilateral cooperation on climate change barely survives, notwithstanding geopolitical tensions. Growing are the divisions between countries...

Climate finance at COP30: how to leverage $1.3 trillion by 2035

Climate finance at COP30: how to leverage $1.3 trillion by 2035

During the climate summit in Brazil, the focus shifted back to climate finance: without adequate resources, making progress on adaptation, mitigation and combating global warming is difficult, parti...

COP30, how does the future look for the negotiations?

COP30, how does the future look for the negotiations?

Climate negotiations are celebrating their 30th anniversary, with the start of the COP in Belém, Brazil, today, Monday 10 November. For the first time in years, I will be following a UNF...

China leads the green ranking of Asian central banks

China leads the green ranking of Asian central banks

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Some currencies are greener than others, and among the Asian ones, the Chinese yuan is currently t...

ECB, from 2026 a climate factor in collateral

ECB, from 2026 a climate factor in collateral

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano At a time when the European Union’s commitment to climate action shows signs of wavering, th...

USAID dismantled as US withdraws from development cooperation

USAID dismantled as US withdraws from development cooperation

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Mission accomplished. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday, the 10th of March, th...

What is the impact of the climate crisis on banks? An interview with Rong Ding

What is the impact of the climate crisis on banks? An interview with Rong Ding

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Floods, fires, and other extreme events: the climate crisis is not only an emergency for people an...

Climate finance: major US banks exit the Net Zero Banking Alliance

Climate finance: major US banks exit the Net Zero Banking Alliance

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Within just one month, from December to early January, six of America’s largest banks decide...

COP29 presidency pushes climate funding and energy storage goals

COP29 presidency pushes climate funding and energy storage goals

Less than two months before the highly anticipated COP29 United Nations Climate Summit in Baku, on Tuesday, 17 September, the Azerbaijani presidency laid out its plan to enhance ambition and enable ...

Here is how countries will have to allocate climate resources after COP28

Here is how countries will have to allocate climate resources after COP28

*from Dubai   The equation is simple: if you want to decarbonise the economy, it will not be enough to have a final text here at COP28 calling for the phase-out of all fossil fuels, with emis...