Report: 18 new green shipping corridor initiatives emerged worldwide in last year alone
About 18 new green shipping corridor initiatives emerged worldwide in the last year alone – ...
Sustainable Development
New ISO ESG Implementation Principles provide int’l guidance to streamline ESG practices
New ESG Implementation Principles launched the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) at the 29th United Nations ...
Egypt witnesses launch of two COP29 initiatives on sustainable energy, green skills
Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation Rania Mashat has witnessed the launch of two international initiatives ...
MDBs collective climate financing contributions set to hit $170 bn by 2030
The annual collective climate financing contributions from the group of multilateral development banks (MDBs) is ...
Sweden pledges extra $19m in Loss and Damage Fund
Sweden pledges additional $19 million to the Loss and Damage Fund at the 29th United ...
COP29 participants reach consensus on standards for creation of carbon credits under Paris Agreement
Parties assembled for the first day of the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) achieved ...
Egypt’s WMRA, UAE’s Tadweer Group team up to promote circular economy
The Waste Management Regulatory Authority (WMRA) under the Egyptian Ministry of Environment has signed a ...
EU mobilizing additional €7.2 bn of private finance to back developing countries to cut GHG emissions
The EU is currently the largest provider of international climate finance, contributing €28.6 billion in public climate ...
EIB allocates €10.3 bn to back recovery, resilience projects in regions affected by devastating floods
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will finance recovery and reconstruction in regions affected by the ...
EY report: 19% rise in Irish business focus on sustainability
The EY State of Sustainability 2024 report revealed a significant shift among Irish businesses towards sustainability. 81% ...
UNEP: Five ways countries can leverage freshwater to meet their global biodiversity, sustainability goals
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said there are five ways countries can leverage freshwater ...
Natural disasters affected investments or savings of 39% of Americans, 21% change their retirement plans
Nearly two in five (39%) Americans affected by natural disasters used money intended for savings ...
WMO: CO2 up by over 10% in just two decades..GHG levels hit new record in 2023
Greenhouse gas (GHG) levels surged to a new record in 2023, committing the planet to ...
Report: Int’l community pledges to protect 30% of Earth by 2030
The international community has made some headway on pledges to protect 30% of the Earth ...
UNEP chief: SDG 14 on Life Below Water least funded of all SDGs
Marine nature-based solutions receive only 9% of investments in this domain and SDG 14, Life ...
Report: Minimum six-fold increase in mitigation investment needed for net-zero
A new United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report said that a minimum six-fold increase in ...
Brineworks, Captura, Sea02, Ebb remove dissolved CO2 from seawater
Brineworks, Captura, Sea02 and Ebb remove dissolved CO2 from seawater for carbon storage or reuse, ...
EIB survey: 27% of European firms see transition to net-zero economy as opportunity in coming 5 years
The Investment Survey 2024 – conducted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) – showed that ...
Study: CO2 emissions from forest fires up by 60% since 2001
A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from forest fires have surged ...
Mohieldin sets three priorities to empower developing economies in climate crisis, SDGs achievement
Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, United Nations Special Envoy for Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, UN ...
TREES planted 100 million trees worldwide, expected to capture 80 m GHG metric tons
TREES initiative projects have already planted 100 million trees around the world. The initiative is ...