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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
*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...