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27 Jul 23
Economic challenges for emerging countries to reach Net Zero could be solved by the West and China, says think tank
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1 Dec 16
Mayors from across the Americas, Asia and beyond have pledged to lead the charge on climate change, and said they won’t let US president-elect Donald Trump get in their way.
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22 Nov 16
European Union spending on climate change may fall short of target, with a lacklustre effort to channel funds towards climate action throwing spending off schedule, auditors have found.
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10 Nov 16
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8 Nov 16
Global climate finance has reached record levels the United Nations suggests, but is still not sufficient to implement countries’ climate pledges, an expert told PFI.
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4 Nov 16
The landmark climate change pact agreed between almost 200 countries in Paris last December came into force today, putting into place legally binding limits on global warming for the first time.
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3 Nov 16
Developed countries are overstating the amount of climate finance they channel to poorer nations by at least $20bn, Oxfam has claimed.
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18 Oct 16
Greater global cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation by 32% by 2030, according to a World Bank report.
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26 Sep 16
India, the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will formally ratify the world’s historic climate deal next month, prime minister Narendra Modi has announced.
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22 Jun 16
Mayors from across the globe are to come together to fight climate change after the world’s largest coalition of cities committed to environmental leadership was launched today.
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26 May 16
Early implementers of carbon pricing schemes raised $26bn in 2015, up 60% from the year before, the World Bank has said.
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22 Apr 16
The historic climate change agreement reached in Paris last December has been formally ratified at the United Nations today, marking the first step towards putting the deal into practice.
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21 Mar 16
Investments to make Kenya’s forestry sector more efficient could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 27% over 2010 levels and bring economic benefits of $188m per year, the United Nations and Kenyan...
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9 Mar 16
The African Development Bank has won Green Climate Fund accreditation, meaning funds can now be channelled to the continent through the bank as an implementing agency.
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11 Dec 15
Prince Charles has called for an ambitious and committed public, private and civil society partnership that can “re-wire” the global economy to eliminate its harmful impact on the environment.
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8 Dec 15
OECD member states are “woefully lacking” in their efforts to put a price on carbon, the organisation has warned.
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7 Dec 15
The economic damage caused by climate change could be 60% higher than previously forecast in Southeast Asia, the Asian Development Bank has warned.
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7 Dec 15
A draft agreement on curbing carbon emissions has been agreed at the international COP21 talks, negotiators have revealed, raising the prospect of a global deal to tackle climate change by the end...
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30 Nov 15
Pivotal talks that will form the global approach to climate change from 2020 have gotten underway in Paris.
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26 Nov 15
Climate change threatens to cripple the economies of developing countries and will burden with an $800bn bill in adaptation costs, Oxfam has warned.
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3 Nov 15
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $100m loan to support China in initiatives to reduce energy consumption, phase out mercury use and cut greenhouse gas and toxic emissions in its chemical...
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30 Oct 15
Current worldwide efforts to combat climate change are a big improvement towards preventing a global temperature rise of more than 2°C, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (...