Egyptian company Engazaat is joining forces with Sweden's Azelio and France's Mascara Nouvelles Technologies to provide water to farms in Africa. For the Save Cleantech Utilities coalition, the aim…
From 6 to 18 November 2022, a hundred or so heads of state and government from around the world are meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th United Nations Conference of the Parties on…
In a new report, the World Bank recommends that developing countries allocate 1.4% of gross domestic product (GDP) to climate action. This funding, mobilised each year, is intended to compensate for…
We have been talking about water stress for several years now. Although it depends on natural causes (population growth, deforestation, pollution, etc.), climate change has quickly accelerated this…
On the sidelines of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is launching "Ireme Invest". The $104 million green investment…
In the face of climate change and the need for development, it is now imperative to find solutions likely to improve the living conditions of populations in rural areas of Africa. The UCD® Smart…
Small but symbolic moves at summit where finance is critical include new loss and damage money and debt relief
A series of symbolic moves on climate finance at Cop27 suggests positive momentum…
Report co-written by Nicholas Stern says figure required to switch away from fossil fuels and cope with extreme weather impacts
About $2tn (£1.75tn) will be needed each year by 2030 to help…
The global dash for gas amid the Ukraine war will accelerate climate breakdown and could send temperatures soaring far beyond the 1.5C limit of safety, analysis has shown.
If all of the new gas…
Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27
A new analysis by the groups Global Witness, Corporate Europe Observatory and Corporate Accountability has calculated that 636 fossil fuel lobbyists…
Before Cop27, Lee White also says broken promises on funding leave sense of betrayal
The world will only take meaningful action on the climate crisis once people in rich countries start dying in…
Educational policy is like trying to bake the perfect cake. As the minister of education of Malawi, Hon. Minister Agnes NyaLonje, said in her speech at the UN Transforming Education Summit, “When you…
You’ll Be Away From Climate Change and Pro-Lifers
I am an anxious over-thinker. And these two things on their own are a pretty huge problem for a twenty-something-year-old to have and here I am…
Developing countries need to work with investors, rich countries and development banks to secure $1 trillion a year in external financing for climate action by the end of the decade and to match that…
Indigenous peoples and local communities receive less than 1% of all climate funding despite scoring wins for people and nature
I am Namibian. I come from a country where drought has become a…