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Disaster reduction finance: prevention is better than recovery
Sponsored content: At recent meetings at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the GEF pushed for more money to be spent in advance of disasters
Kosovan villagers to take coal mine woes to human rights court
After the World Bank ducks responsibility for harm caused by botched coal mine expansion, community leaders plan to sue at human rights court in Strasbourg
Live in New York: Innovating to meet the climate challenge
Follow our climate policy innovation event with the World Bank on Twitter with #Innovate4Climate and watch it live on our webcast from 1400 East Coast Time
India’s solar plans receive billion dollar boost
World Bank loan comes off back of major funding pledges from US and Germany as major economies try and wean Delhi off coal
Sustained cheap oil likely to hurt global climate plans
Low oil prices “considerably” hinder transition to greener energy, say IIASA and World Bank analysts, while sustained high prices would give a boost
Letter from America: IMF urges low carbon policy stability
COMMENT: Core message from IMF/World Bank Spring Meeting is that governments must invest in low carbon revolution, writes UK shadow climate change minister Barry Gardiner
UN’s pitch for global aviation deal lands in Netherlands
Crib Notes 4-8 April: ICAO primed for EU meet, World Bank to release new climate plan, G20 sherpas gather in China
China, India back $150m GEF initiative to green cities
NEWS: Global Environment Facility and World Bank to support project aimed at boosting investment, data sharing and technical knowledge across world’s major urban areas
COP21 Podcast: Who pays for a global climate deal?
Ed King is joined by the World Bank’s Rachel Kyte to discuss the vexed issue of climate finance, the $100 billion goal and future investments in clean energy
Climate change could push 100m into extreme poverty
NEWS: World Bank warns of human impact by 2030 if development doesn’t protect the most vulnerable from extreme weather
Pathway to $100bn emerging ahead of Paris climate summit
ANALYSIS: Cash demands from developing countries reinserted into text during UN talks in Bonn, as World Bank official hails progress
Germany, Ethiopia, Mexico leaders back carbon pricing
NEWS: Six heads of state are endorsing a World Bank campaign to make polluters pay, while Paris climate text ignores the subject
Countries to elect next head of UN climate science panel
CRIB NOTES 5-11 OCT: Countries vote for next IPCC chair, oil majors meet for big money conference, IMF and World Bank aim to mobilise climate finance
Beyond carbon pricing: Five ways to green economies
ANALYSIS: Taxing or trading emissions will not solve climate change alone, says the World Bank, so what else is needed?
John Kerry: “Nature is screaming at us” on climate change
NEWS: US secretary of state pledges US$15 million to World Bank scheme to curb methane emissions
UN climate summit set for major carbon pricing announcement
INTERVIEW: World Bank’s Rachel Kyte tells RTCC global support for valuing CO2 will surprise many critics
Morocco hailed as climate ‘poster child’ after oil subsidy axe
NEWS: Government move to stop funding cheap petrol and diesel hailed as major progress by World Bank’s Rachel Kyte
Support builds for global carbon price at Abu Dhabi Ascent
NEWS: World Bank and Al Gore call for ‘polluter pays’ principle to be implemented across global economy
US, UK, Germany canvass private sector on boosting climate finance
NEWS: World Bank and Merrill Lynch among those working on ‘Climate Finance Lab’ to speed up $100bn fundraising goal
India on course to become solar ‘global leader’
Investment and skills bottlenecks need to be addressed if India is to hit true potential warns World Bank