While climate change is relentlessly progressing, threatening life on earth, world leaders continue to meet while planning for a future where this immense menace to human existence remains a minor item on the agenda. Recently, the BRICS countries held their 15th annual summit in Johannesburg. BRICS, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India,
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Report shows successful education funding model for crises-impacted children
In a world set on fire by climate change and brutal conflict, millions of children in emergencies and protracted crises need educational support. Children in 48 out of 49 African countries are at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change, particularly in the Central African Republic,
World’s richest nations must set more ambitious climate goals
Individually and collectively, member countries of the G20 are falling far behind in their greenhouse gas reduction goals and are failing to make the significant cuts on emissions that would be needed to keep global temperatures low, despite possessing the technological and financial capabilities for reducing emissions. And with the hottest
May the race for climate justice leader begin
Super-charging efforts and setting a fresh direction for the next phase of climate policymaking is what’s urgently needed and on offer this month during the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, as mass heat waves, devastating wildfires, fatal floods, and withering droughts continue to wreak havoc across continents. These extreme
Allocate 10pc of defense budget to climate fund Momen proposes it to dev nations
On climate & biodiversity, where are we?
With the world busy evaluating the conclusion of the latest meeting under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal (COP15), and the publication of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, it’s easy to forget that just a few short weeks ago the decision text of the United Nations Climate
BII to give $50m climate loan to Pubali Bank
British International Investment (BII) has announced a $50 million loan to Pubali Bank Limited, a press release said Saturday. The loan facility will help to increase climate-related lending and boost climate mitigation projects across Bangladesh. This green loan from BII will primarily be used for projects in the renewable energy,
Climate collapse is not inevitable but ‘Great Leap’ needed
Pakistan flooding deaths pass 1,000 in ‘climate catastrophe’
Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country's climate minister called the deadly monsoon season "a serious climate catastrophe." Flash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of
Flood toll tops 800 in Pakistan
Record monsoon rains were causing a "catastrophe of epic scale", Pakistan's climate change minister said Wednesday, announcing an international appeal for help in dealing with floods that have killed more than 800 people since June. The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the Indian