“This must be an implementation COP. Even while we enhance our ambition, it is important that we shift into transformational implementation. We must move beyond pledges to action,” Beckles told the conference. ...
"Solar power generation helped avoid $34bn in costs for seven Asian countries." ...
Other benefitting countries are Dominican Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Tanzania. ...
A new report released by the Climate Policy Initiative finds that the total annual flows of climate finance in Africa for 2020, did not exceed $30 billion, or just 11% of its needs, out of the $277 billion needed annually ...
“Do not complicate the simple.” These are the words uttered by an island-nation delegate during a UN climate finance dialogue I attended at the Asian Development Bank headquarters in Manila. This dialogue was the third in a series of technical ...
Climate justice is the anchor of any discussion or action to address loss and damage (L&D). With every typhoon, drought, or other hazard that hits our nation, it is always the poorest and most vulnerable peoples who experience its gravest ...
Africa’s largest economy will need a lot of investment to complete its energy transition. Here, we explain what the key issues will be. ...
In June 2021, Gabon became the first African country to receive payments for reducing emissions through forest protection. The central African country has just over 2 million population and 88% of its territory is forest cover. Gabon received $17m from ...
Although more than a decade has passed since the Copenhagen summit, the climate finance goal has never been met. ...
Climate finance was one of the key issues at COP26, but the outcomes were not ambitious enough for an energy transition in Africa. ...