Earlier this week in Paris, Climate Action in partnership with UNEP FI, mobilised the nature and sustainable finance community for two energising days of dialogue, insight, and collaboration.
In a major step toward aligning climate finance with Indigenous-led conservation, a new $50 million outcome bond has been launched to support forest protection efforts in the Amazon, led by Everland in partnership with BNP Paribas.
Climate change presents an increasingly growing risk to the global economy, threatening long-term prosperity and the exposure of the financial system. In recent years, nature has inched from the periphery of discussions on risk, with growing recognition on nature-related dependencies. Yet, there is still major steps to be taken to price nature into the financial system.
World’s first comprehensive energy roadmap shows government actions to rapidly boost clean energy and reduce fossil fuel use can create millions of jobs, lift economic growth and keep net zero in reach.
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has released a new report with ARUP which details how geothermal can be used to aid the green recovery.
A month after Nicaragua announced its intention to join the Paris Agreement, the country officially committed to the landmark climate accord, - one day after UNFCCC published a new report urging policymakers to upscale existing and new climate policies in order for the Paris goals to be met.
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) just released a joint report called Assessment of Sri Lanka’s Power Sector—100 percent Electricity Generation through Renewable Energy by 2050.
French President Francois Hollande announced during COP22 that all coal plants in France will close by 2023
Host of COP22, Morocco, is amongst a group of 48 countries that have committed to meeting 100 per cent domestic renewable energy production.
COP22 side-event brings together influential private and public players who seek to realise the Paris Agreement’s ambitions
During COP22 in Marrakech on 14 November, the German Cabinet became the first country to approve and release a new long-term plan for climate action until 2050 – the Climate Protection Plan 2050
Two weeks ago, the UN climate talks – COP22 – started in Marrakech, gathering 200 countries to discuss the implementation of the Paris Agreement
Last Tuesday, the UN’s climate talks have opened in Marrakech, with representatives from 196 countries focusing on the implementation of the Paris Agreement, under the stewardship of the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Salaheddine Mezouar
A new initiative aims at mobilising US $30 billion to help the agriculture sector in African countries to adapt to climate change.
Saudi Arabia-based power project developer, ACWA Power, is planning to enter the renewable energy sector in Turkey.
On 18 and 19 October, a Pre-COP Ministerial Meeting was held to prepare for COP22, which is hosted in Marrakech from 7 to 8 November
Organisers of the FIA Formula E Championship have today announced that the world’s first fully-electric racing series will be an official partner of COP22 for the inaugural Marrakesh ePrix with the support of the high patronage of King Mohammed VI of Morocco
Developed countries have reiterated their promise to finance climate change in developing countries worth up to $100bn per year
Nearly 200 nations have agreed to a legally binding deal to cut back on greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners.
