Finance

Climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development: the key international meetings during 2024

by Emanuele Bompan 29 JAN 2024 13:00

2024 will be a key year for green finance, for the green transition, for advancing the UN Montreal-Kunming Agreement on Biodiversity, for strengthening multilateralism on sustainable development beg...

Circular Economy: A Concept at a Crossroad

by Harald Friedl 15 JAN 2024 12:00

Despite the initial enthusiasm and efforts to transition towards circular models, recent data reveal a concerning decline in the global circularity rate. From 9.1% in 2018, the circularity rate...

Ten words for 2024

by Emanuele Bompan 01 JAN 2024 07:00

Another year has come to an end. There are those who reflect on these past twelve months while others prefer to look to the year ahead. We of Renewable Matter, who by nature are always looking ...

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

by Emanuele Bompan 11 DEC 2023 14:30

*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...

Climate Finance and the Paris Agreement, how everything fits together

by Emanuele Bompan 05 DEC 2023 17:00

On Monday, December 4th, during COP28, a thematic day on climate finance took place to assess what is the current situation and, more importantly, which are the long-term prospects of a key mechanis...

If the SDGs are to survive, multilateral development banks must embrace reform

by Glada Lahn 29 SEP 2023 12:15

In the lead-up to the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the outlook for the future of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seemed rather bleak. Global efforts to achieve th...

Worldcoin, groundbreaking currency or privacy risk?

by Emanuele Bompan 04 SEP 2023 07:30

The cryptocurrency Worldcoin, the digital currency created by Sam Altman, one of the founders of artificial intelligence giant ChatGPT, continues to create buzz. This week, the Kenyan governmen...

A carbon tax on luxury consumption? More equity, less CO2

by Giorgio Kaldor 26 JUL 2023 12:31

Taxes on “luxury” goods and services could result in more equity and less CO2. According to a study published at the end of June in the academic journal One Earth, a carbon tax on domest...