Climate finance
Climate finance helps ayahuasca culture protect remote Amazon forest
Six hours from the nearest road, German climate money funds a hallucinogenic festival that tips the scales in a culture war between indigenous villagers and cattle ranchers
Polish coal cash grab attacked by UK, France, Germany
No support for coal, say several EU nations, as Poland asks for billions generated through emissions trading scheme for its ageing plants
Poor countries spending climate cash on rich world consultants
Lack of expertise means money for climate protection is spent on consultancy fees, which African officials say end up back in wealthy countries
Fiji announces $50m ‘climate bond’ ahead of COP23 presidency
Prime minister Frank Bainimarama says money raised with help from the World Bank sets an example for innovative green finance to protect the vulnerable
Puerto Rico hurricane shows islands must have renewable energy
As the world resumes climate talks in Bonn next month, island states will use the devastating hurricane season to fuel calls for expanded renewable energy investment
How Walmart beats the World Bank on carbon footprinting
Development banks are less transparent than some big corporates on the climate impact of their investments – and that needs to change
Four ways EU ministers can restore trust in climate finance
Developing countries need assurances that support will flow to their priorities if progress is to be made on other issues at UN climate talks in November
UK vetoes two South American climate finance bids
The British board member mounted a solo opposition to rural development projects in Paraguay and Argentina at a Green Climate Fund meeting in Cairo
Forest diamonds
How family rivalry and the Catholic church helped miners devastate an indigenous Amazon territory
Climate-hit Bangladesh struggling to access UN green funds
Developing country institutions lack capacity to meet the Green Climate Fund’s heavy paperwork demands, experts say at Dhaka conference
Huge cash shortfall stopping electricity reaching world’s poor
Investment needs to double to bring power to every home by 2030, UN initiative finds, urging a greater focus on solar home systems for underserved rural areas
US senate committee votes to reinstate funding to UN climate treaty
The committee passed an amendment to give $10m to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, an organisation Donald Trump wants to cut off
India’s Modi pushes international solar agreement
Indian prime minister says renewables are “particularly important” to the development of five nations meeting in Xiamen
Gender remains one of climate change’s great inequalities
Globally, women are more affected by climate change. Sweden’s deputy prime minister and the head of the Green Climate Fund say they must be brought into the discussion
Climate adaptation cash is failing to reach the poorest, here’s how to fix it
To ensure the most vulnerable communities get the help they need, the Green Climate Fund must look to the already existing adaptation funds
Green Climate Fund to fund $1bn Egypt renewables drive
In its biggest project to date, the UN’s flagship climate finance scheme is putting $150m towards developing wind, hydro and solar power in Egypt
Australian bank sued over failure to disclose climate risks
Shareholders are taking the Commonwealth Bank to court, alleging that it is misleading investors about its financial position
UN climate fund criticised for accrediting growing list of private banks
Growing number of multinational banks becoming conduits for UN climate funds means money will not reach certain projects, NGOs warn
If US states are really ‘still in’ Paris, here’s what they need to do
The Paris accord isn’t only about cutting emissions, some states are already finding ways to meet climate finance commitments
Sick of waiting, poor countries prepare to fight climate change alone
Developing countries have been promised $100bn per year by 2020, with no sign of it arriving some are taking matters into their own hands