Africa receives over $10bn to finance wind, solar electricity production ..one of largest projects in Egypt
Africa has received more than $10 billion in project finance for wind and solar electricity ...
Sustainable Development
Report: Value of global green bonds issued up 15% to $587 bn in 2023
The value of green bonds issued grew 15 percent to $587 billion in 2023, from ...
Egypt ranks 75th among 120 states on 2024 Energy Transition Index
Egypt ranked no 75th on the 2024 Energy Transition Index (ETI) which benchmarks 120 countries ...
Nasdaq report: Sustainability revenues up to $ 137 m in 2023
Nasdaq 2023 Sustainability Report said that sustainability revenue has grown rapidly over the past four ...
Report: 7–9 bn tons of CO2 should be removed annually in 2050
The 2nd Edition of State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report has identified a subset of ...
$21m CIRCLE Alliance to cut plastic use, support small businesses
Unilever, USAID, and EY have launched CIRCLE Alliance, a new public-private collaboration to support entrepreneurs ...
Guterres urges scaling up finance for developing states to adapt to violent weather
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres urged to “drastically scale-up finance to support developing countries ...
UNESCO Cairo to organize workshops on green conservation under partnership with NMEC
UNESCO Cairo will organize workshops on green conservation under a partnership with the National Museum ...
Netherlands allocates $27 m to promote Africa’s climate resilience
Netherlands earmarked $27 million to the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Program Multi-Donor Trust Fund. With ...
ADF allocates $13.2 m for Climate Action Window
The African Development Fund (AFD) approved allocating $13.2 million from its net income for the ...
Official: AfDB earmarked $964 m to tertiary education over past decade
Dr. Beth Dunford, the African Development Bank (AfDB)’s Vice President for Agriculture, Human, and Social ...
GRI, IFRS team up to optimize use of GRI, ISSB standards together in sustainability reporting
The IFRS Foundation and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) collaborate to optimize the use of ...
What qualities do Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) need?
Chief sustainability Officers (CSOs) from Google, Microsoft, Siemens and First Abu Dhabi Bank highlighted four ...
4 countries launch $134 m project to eliminate use of mercury in medical devices
The Governments of Albania, Burkina Faso, India, Montenegro and Uganda have teamed up to launch ...
Research: Carbon dioxide up 10 times faster in past 50,000 years
The Oregon State University unveiled in a recent research that today’s rate of atmospheric carbon ...
Ember report: World generates almost 40% of electricity from low-carbon sources in 2023
The world generated almost 40% of its electricity from low-carbon sources in 2023. As a ...
Earth Observation data to cut up to 2 gigatons of GHG emissions, its global value to hit $ 700bn
Earth observation (EO) data can catapult global growth and eliminate up to 2 gigatons of ...
Saudi Arabia’s planting of 50bn trees represents 5% of global afforestation goal
Saudi Arabia aims at planting at total of 50 billion trees; 10 billion in the ...
GRI joins Alliance for Sustainable Enterprises to promote SMEs sustainability reporting
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has joined the Alliance for Sustainable Enterprises and will lead ...
UNEP official: G7 can take concrete action in four key areas to address climate change
Ligia Noronha , Head of New York Office of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), ...
EBRD, EU, GCF allocate $4 m to boost green investments in Jordan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Union (EU) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) decided providing a financing ...