$ 1 bn global financial commitments at COP28 to address climate-health crisis
A total of $ 1 billion global financial commitments were made upon the launch of ...
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Mike Bloomberg pledges $ 65m to back local climate action, emissions reduction
Mike Bloomberg has announced a new $65 million commitment to continue his longtime support for local climate ...
Survey: 74-76% of investors want firms to report costs, road map to achieve their sustainability commitments
PwC’s Global Investor Survey 2023 showed that 76 percent of investors want companies to report ...
EIB earmarks €9.3 bn for sustainable transport, corporate innovation, energy, water, urban development
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €9.3 billion of new financing to support sustainable ...
Floods after longest drought leave thousands of displaced families in Horn of Africa
Floods – which come barely months after the longest and most severe drought on record ...
$ 8.8 bn allocated for assessing emissions of wood stoves, heating devices in US
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a direct award of $8.8 million provided by ...
UNDP-ICCO partnership to promote PR as integral component of fight against climate change
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ...
Thailand provides $ 80,000 to UNRWA to support Palestinian refugees
Thailand decided to provide a crucial contribution of about $ 80,000 for the UNRWA 90 Days ...
GCF approves earmarking $ 736.4 m for new climate projects in developing countries
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved 15 proposals totaling $ 736.4 million ...
Schneider Electric on track of its 6 sustainability targets by end of 2023 under SSI score
Schneider Sustainability Impact (SSI) 2021-2025 program drives and measures company-wide progress towards 11 global sustainability ...
Tetra Pak Index:54% of consumers consider future of planet when making food choices
Tetra Pak Index 2023 showed that 70% of consumers believe that healthy products should not ...
GRID-Geneva presents environment-related data, impact assessments for policy makers
The Global Resource Information Database – Geneva (GRID-Geneva) not only presents data, but can offer policy recommendations ...
$15 m allocated for early action on projected El Niño-induced flooding in Somalia
The Somalia Humanitarian Fund has allocated $15 million to respond to the impact of projected ...
Study urges levy on carbon emissions, considering social cost of green transition
A recent study has called for a levy on carbon emissions that would compensate vulnerable ...
(Hello Africa) Youth-led campaign in Somalia tackles plastic pollution on beaches, boosting marine ecosystems
Somali youth have launched a campaign against the littering of plastic waste on the beaches ...
UNICEF: About 43.1m children displaced over weather-related disasters
About 43.1 million children were displaced internally in 44 countries in the period between 2016 ...
25 states pledge $ 9.3 bn to help developing countries lower emissions, become climate-resilient
Twenty-five countries have pledged a $ 9.3 billion financial support to the Green Climate Fund ...
FluRefin carbon capture system cops 2023 Engineering Award
FluRefin – a carbon capture system that is much cheaper and has an extremely small ...
Luxembourg invests EUR 2.9 m for UNDP’s programs on poverty, gender equality, climate
Luxembourg has invested EUR 2,9 million fully flexible funds for the 2023 schemes of the ...
Unilever identifies four ways for sustainable business model to equal economic growth
Unilever has identified four ways for a sustainable business model can equal economic growth. Sustainable ...
Bangladesh almost halves its poverty rate, allocates $12 bn for social programs
Bangladesh has succeeded to cut its poverty rate from 41.5 percent in 2006 to 18.7 ...