The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the August update on global developments in climate finance. August 2016 Climate Finance Update: Readiness, Simplified Access to Finance in the Spotlight; Caribbean Disaster Resilience and Relief Gets Support During the month of August, the focus of multilateral climate financing activities turned to the South, with … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance
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Wake up call from insurance industry to speed energy transition away from fossil fuels
With leaders of the G20 meeting this week in Hangzhou, China, it is timely for some of the world’s biggest insurers to call on the G20 to speed up the energy transition by ending fossil fuel subsidies. Karl Mathiesen describes the call by insurers in The Guardian. Will we see leaders call for the end … Continue reading Wake up call from insurance industry to speed energy transition away from fossil fuels
We need a new approach to staying cool
Air conditioning has made modern living bearable in many cities. The percentage of homes and offices with air conditioning in warm countries is increasing at a staggering rate. Surely, since we know how to build passive buildings, there must be a way of significantly slowing the rate of deployment. John Vidal writes in The Observer … Continue reading We need a new approach to staying cool
New report shows important role multilateral development banks in climate finance
We assume that multilateral development banks are playing an important role in providing climate finance to important initiatives, but it takes some evidence to show us exactly what is happening globally. The International Institute for Sustainable Development writes about a recent report that documents developments in 2015. 2015 Climate Finance by MDBs at US$25 … Continue reading New report shows important role multilateral development banks in climate finance
Latest update on climate finance
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the July update on global developments in climate finance. July 2016 Climate Finance Update: Meetings Call for Access, Mobilization, Scaling Up During the month of July, a number of high-level meetings highlighted the need for enhanced focus on climate finance. Resilience and disaster recovery projects in … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance
Important insights from sociologists about responding to climate change
Donald Brown, Scholar In Residence and Professor, Sustainable Ethics and Law at Widener University Commonwealth Law School in the US provides an excellent article on what we should be learning from the field of sociology in addressing climate change. As Don Brown wrote in an introductory email, the article provides important insights that sociologists have … Continue reading Important insights from sociologists about responding to climate change
UNEP Inquiry Highlights Green Finance in 13 Developing Countries
The International Institute for Sustainable Development has recently reported about a new UNEP report on green finance. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System has published a report highlighting the diverse experiences of 13 developing countries in directing finance toward sustainable development aims. Launching the report to coincide … Continue reading UNEP Inquiry Highlights Green Finance in 13 Developing Countries
Climate change: the problem is not just the type of energy we are using, it’s what we’re doing with it
This is important summer reading. Jason Hickel, an anthropologist at the London School of Economics, writes a thought-provoking article in The Guardian on what it really takes to effectively address climate change. What do you think? Clean energy won’t save us – only a new economic system can Earlier this year media outlets around … Continue reading Climate change: the problem is not just the type of energy we are using, it’s what we’re doing with it
Latest update on climate finance
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the May update on global developments in climate finance. June 2016 Climate Finance Update: Funds Meet, Non-state Actor Engagement Accelerates This issue of the Climate Finance Update features recent global and regional news on climate finance activities by a variety of intergovernmental actors. Several climate funds … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance
Current pledges on climate action are well short of what we need
Global leaders agreed on quite an ambitious target at the Paris global climate summit. But new analysis shows that countries are going to have to ramp up their actions to ensure adequate impact. Chris Mooney explains in a good article in the Washington Post. The world has the right climate goals — but the … Continue reading Current pledges on climate action are well short of what we need
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