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$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 ...
HSBC plans to $1bn financing to back early-stage climate tech companies
HSBC has announced that it plans to make available $ 1 billion of financing to ...
UK becomes biggest single contributor for climate action financing
UK will provide $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) – the biggest single ...
Canada, UK contribute over 217 million Canadian dollars for new Global Biodiversity Fund
Canada and the UK announced initial contributions of 200 million Canadian dollars and 10 million ...
FAO, UK launch $ 3.8 m action program to mitigate El Niño impact on Somalia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the British Embassy Mogadishu ...
Honda turns recycled uniforms, plastic bottles into parts of cars
Honda is turning recycled uniforms and plastic bottles to be parts of the cars within ...
Norway to contribute $ 45 m to finance UNESCO educational programs worldwide
Norway will provide a voluntary contribution of $45 million to finance educational programs being implemented ...
UNEP report: Indigenous Peoples’ climate lawsuits have “limited success” at courts, better chance before UN bodies
Indigenous Peoples’ climate lawsuits have had “limited success” at court but they have seen more ...
Sheffield Univ. new park from recycled materials with selected trees for swift environmental impact
Sheffield University built a new pocket park from recycled and leftover materials featuring new semi-mature ...
Nike’s ReactX footwear designed to cut carbon footprint by at least 43%
Nike‘s ReactX footwear is engineered to cut down its carbon footprint in a pair of ...
Allianz to invest EUR 20 m in Norwegian green ammonia production plants developer Fuella
Allianz Capital Partners, on behalf of Allianz insurance companies (“Allianz”), will provide funding of EUR ...
UK allocates £8.85 m to upskill people to make homes more energy efficient
The UK allocated about £8.85 million to organize training courses to help up to 8,000 ...