UN conference hears litany of water disasters linked to climate crisis
Water is at the heart of the climate crisis, with an increasingly dire carousel of droughts, floods and sea level rise felt “making our planet uninhabitable”, the secretary general of the United Nations, António Guterres, has warned. On the second…
Greening of MSMEs key in Indiaâs journey towards climate-resilience
Lack of awareness, limited training, capacity gaps, and insufficient knowledge about green finance markets, low-carbon technologies hinder MSMEs’ ability to adopt greener methods
Climate Crisis: Adaptation limit reached in some parts of the world, shows IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report
The report calls for accelerated actions to bridge funding gap, challenges ‘myth of endless adaptation’
Climate Crisis: 6 key messages from IPCC Synthesis Report
Report collates five years of research in climate science and policy and presents a clear roadmap to a livable future — political will is the only barrier
US banks are sacrificing poor communities to the climate crisis | Ben Jealous and Bill McKibben
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank will bring many forms of fallout. One of the most obvious consequences is that the biggest banks – Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo, Bank of America – will probably get even bigger. That is why…
Ajay Banga: New World Bank leader will face pressure to make climate change a central focus – Axios
Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios White House officials say Ajay Banga — President Biden’s choice to head the World Bank — is poised to transform its climate work, but his resume is something of a Rorschach test on this claim. Catch up…
‘We have no time to lose’: Ban Ki-moon criticises climate finance delays
The former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has warned that the world’s largest fund to help developing nations weather the climate crisis remains an “empty shell”, despite decades of promises by rich nations. “We need to see a massive acceleration…
It’s high time to rethink how the World Bank operates
Wanted: a new president for the World Bank, a venerable global institution with a mission to eradicate poverty. The successful candidate will have a plan for tackling the crisis in human development caused by the global pandemic. Climate-change deniers and…
World Bank chief resigns after climate stance misstep
The World Bank president, David Malpass, has announced his resignation months after sparking controversy by failing to say whether he accepted that fossil fuels were driving the climate crisis. Malpass, who was appointed to the post by Donald Trump in…
UN chief says rising seas a ‘death sentence’ for some countries – Al Jazeera English
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the threat posed by rising sea levels to hundreds of millions of people living in low-lying coastal areas and small island states as new data reveals seas have risen rapidly since 1900….
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