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Avoid our mistake: Don’t let World Bank host loss and damage fund

At the Global Partnership for Education, we paid a high price to be hosted by the World Bank. A loss and damage fund should be independent

After its pleas for grants not loans fell mostly on deaf ears, Indonesia has watered down its plans to shut coal power plants early

The technically complex contract was won by Alfajiri, which is based in a residential property in Canada and has only existed a few months

Wars harm climate action because large militaries emit a lot and military spending diverts money away from tackling climate change

As Israel cuts off electricity to the Gaza Strip, rooftop solar panels help residents to survive frequent bombardment

Bangladeshi scientist and campaigner Saleemul Huq attended every UN climate summit and championed the cause of developing countries

The G7 has offered to mobilise $15.5 billion to get Vietnam from coal to clean energy but just 2% of this is grants

A renewable energy target will be debated at Cop28 but financial reforms are needed for the Global South outside China to meet that target

China opposed six Green Climate Fund projects because the proposals flagged the risk of forced labour in the manufacturing of solar panels.

Planned oil and gas blocks cover an area the size of France in the Brazilian Amazon

Climate disasters cascade across continents and oceans – countries must tackle them together

Betts was the EU’s chief negotiator when the Paris Agreement was signed. He has died a year after being diagnosed with cancer.

The EU once led the world in combatting flawed forest offset schemes. Now it’s looking to give them a new lease of life.

While small islands still say the Green Climate Fund is better than the rest, they are facing problems getting money from it

Developing countries are outraged by a proposal to host a climate loss and damage fund at the World Bank, painting it as a US power grab

Clean energy is a priority as China promises $100 billion of development funding – but don’t call it climate finance

The defeat of Poland’s Law and Justice party is expected to speed up the roll-out of renewables in Poland and boost cooperation with Brussels

The 27 member states agreed to pursue a tripling of renewable energy by 2030 but softened language on phasing out fossil fuels

At Cop28, developed nations will face calls to quit fossil fuels faster than developing countries, who did less to cause the climate crisis

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