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Former US vice-president says bank should refocus its spending and end its role in ‘fossil fuel colonialism’

The UAE cabinet approved the country's joining to the Global Alliance on Green Economy, led by the World Green Economy Organization, which aims to launch programs and initiatives, create sustainable funding, and establish partnerships among developing countries to ensure an effective transition. Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported that joining the…

Days scheduled to discuss issues such as women’s rights and civil society alongside formal negotiations

The 27th session of the UN conference of parties on climate change mitigation in the Egyptian seaside city of Sharm-el-Sheikh intersects a time when the high table of global diplomacy grapples with the Ukraine war and the energy supply constraints in its wake. Even if it chastens the ambitious tone…

The President said the United States is cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, and promised again to give more money to developing countries on the front lines of climate change.

Talks about how to compensate vulnerable countries for the damage caused by climate change are not ready to agree on a funding mechanism, a European Union negotiator said on Friday, but did not exclude progress on the issue at COP27.

Russia’s war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this year’s United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where officials from around the world are discussing the costs of climate change and how to cut emissions that remain near record highs.

The 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) witnessed the launch of the Sharm el-Sheikh Guide to Fair Finance – an international framework that seeks to address challenges facing developing countries and emerging economies, especially African states, and help them obtain financing to achieve their ambitions in the climate agenda. The…

‘Loss and damage’ finance for developing nations and domestic support for clean energy industries may be politically difficult – but they are necessary investments

The costs of climate-related disasters are growing and the poorest countries are bearing the brunt of impacts, from the unprecedented floods in Pakistan to the expanding famine in Somalia. Natural disasters in 2022 alone cost the global economy an estimated US$227 billion.

Critics question plan’s effectiveness in dealing with climate emergency and its potential to greenwash polluters’ reputations