climate finance

Recent emissions trends 'particularly far' from alignment with Paris Agreement goals, new study warns

SMEs estimated to require huge increase in investment in energy efficiency, clean technologies, and climate adaptation measures to maintain competitiveness, but green loans remain hard to secure

UNFCCC estimates current climate pledges will deliver only marginal reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, underscoring the urgent need for a breakthrough at next month's COP31 Summit

The UK's 'ultra rich; emit more CO2 in just under a year than someone in the poorest half of the population has emitted over the last three decades, Oxfam study claims

Indigenous Peoples protect at least 80 per cent of the world's biodiversity yet receive less than one per cent of climate finance - that must change, writes Mbororo environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

Pacific island nations call on governments to place limiting global warming to 1.5C, accelerating pace of electrification, conserving oceans, and boosting climate finance at heart of COP31 talks

New fund will back locally-owned businesses, but charity warns investment cannot replace reduced aid budgets

ActionAid warns debt repayments are blocking climate action, leaving the most climate-vulnerable countries exposed to escalating risks

Drought Resilience Investment Facility and Drought Resilience Index unveiled at UN desertification summit in Mongolia

Foreign Secretary to take up UK's place on World Bank board in signal he plans to prioritise international climate action