Climate finance
Climate change is like Ebola – World Bank chief
NEWS: Slow response to both climate change and Ebola is killing people, warns Jim Yong Kim
Private sector backing could transform UN’s Green Climate Fund
COMMENT: Vital meeting of GCF board this week in Barbados could build on significant climate finance progress in last month, says IETA’s Katie Sullivan
BASIC group urges rich to stump up cash for climate
NEWS: Brazil, South Africa, China and India say developed nations must meet their financial commitments
Glasgow becomes first UK university to ditch fossil fuel assets
NEWS: Divestment movement gains new member as top academic institution warns climate impacts could cause devastation
EU scraps plan to highlight tar sands pollution
NEWS: Refiners need to report the average carbon impact of petrol and diesel, but not identify highly polluting sources, under new rules
African countries demand $7 billion for green fund by December
NEWS: DRC envoy says capitalisation of fund by end of 2014 is a “red line” for developing world
EU chief forced to remix top jobs as MEPs flex their muscles
NEWS: Jean-Claude Juncker must reconsider his choices – and the two candidates for lead EU roles on energy and climate look vulnerable
Leading Australian pension fund ditches coal holdings
NEWS: LGS chief executive cites increased risks of fossil fuel assets as reason for divestment
Berlin to host UN climate finance summit in November
NEWS: Green Climate Fund plans “resource mobilisation” meeting in German capital to hit US$10 billion target for 2014
Candidate for top EU climate job defends oil links
NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete declared his support for EU climate change goals, under fierce questioning from MEPs
Australian and Indian businesses lead calls for greener energy
NEWS: Volatile fossil fuel prices are encouraging some businesses to source greener forms of power, says Grant Thornton report
No greenwash: Investors urged to disclose climate strategy
NEWS: More than 1,000 investors worth US$70 trillion have been challenged to show how they are managing climate risk
Oil majors target King Coal in fight for climate high ground
NEWS: Statoil and Saudi Aramco use New York summit to sell gas as a lower carbon climate change solution
What did Ban Ki-moon’s summit deliver on climate finance?
ANALYSIS: A new consensus on the role of public and private funding for climate change emerged this week, but more cash is needed
Marina Silva, the Amazon champion who could lead Brazil
ANALYSIS: Known globally as a tireless defender of the rainforest, Marina Silva has a strong chance of becoming Brazil’s next president
Investors worth US$2trn back green bonds at NY Climate Week
NEWS: Pension funds, insurers and asset managers show an appetite for low risk, climate-friendly investments
Green Climate Fund receives $1.3 billion in new pledges
NEWS: France leads the way with $1 billion pledge to green bank, while developing countries also make surprise contributions
Strong Paris deal needed to make carbon pricing work – analysts
NEWS: Carbon markets are only as good as the political goals that underpin them, say analysts in response to New York pledge
10 best leaders’ pledges at the UN summit
ANALYSIS: World leaders delivered around 16 hours of speeches yesterday. But who actually delivered meaningful pledges?
Half the globe backs World Bank carbon price movement
NEWS: Shell, Nokia and Lego are among 1,000 businesses to join governments in support of carbon pricing