Negotiating fair climate finance at COP29
Pakistan must push for an ambitious and equitable New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), an expanded Adaptation Fund, a fully operationalised Loss and Damage Fund, and a fair and transparent carbon…
Issues in reaching needed level of climate finance, and fast
The current, widely-practiced model of Neoliberalism, and within it over-board recourse to monetary and fiscal austerity policies– both within and outside of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes –by countries,…
Trump victory to reverberate through global economy
Donald Trump’s victory in the race to become the next US president will, if confirmed, have economic consequences for the rest of the world that are likely to be deep…
US election uncertainty clouds UN climate finance progress
Countries could use next week’s UN meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world’s annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the US election could…
Trump, global economy, and a world of polycrisis
The last time Donald Trump was in office, the world was in the midst of a global pandemic, and the cost of living was fast moving north, both at home…
Climate finance billions at stake at COP29
Rich countries will be under pressure at next month’s UN COP29 conference to increase by hundreds of billions of dollars how much money they give to poorer countries as “climate…
Climate finance
COP26 IN Glasgow served as a forum to grill developed country governments for failing to fulfil their cumulative pledge of $100 billion annually in climate finance for developing countries. COP29…
Modi’s populism after India election reversal puts public finances at risk
After reverses in the general election and facing possible losses in state polls this year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition has stepped up cash handouts, debt waivers and other…
Climate finance gap
THE upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai will be tackling tough questions on how to curb rising temperatures, control carbon emission spikes, develop efficient technological solutions, learn from the…
Accessing climate finance
THE global landscape for international climate finance has in recent years undergone a transformational change. Fundamentally, it has moved away from grants to lending and investments. It has become overly…
