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Clean energy adoption in Global South overtakes North on path to growth

The Global South is adopting renewable energy technologies at a faster rate than the Global North: Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

FILE PHOTO: Community leader Sultan Ali, 70, walks over cracks that developed after a Glacial Lake Outburst Flooding (GLOF) swept away part of the land in Hassanabad village, Hunza valley, in the Karakoram mountain range in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, October 9, 2023.    REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
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Pakistani venture Sarmayacar says Green Climate Fund pledges $15 million

Sarmayacar secures $15M from Green Climate Fund to back startups addressing climate challenges amid funding drop.

FILE PHOTO: Residents walk in a flooded area during rescue operations in Maiduguri, northern Borno state, Nigeria September 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Kingimi/File Photo
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Climate change worsened rains in flood-hit African regions, scientists say

Devastating rains that triggered deadly floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan in recent months were worsened by human-caused climate change.

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Unlocking finance at scale to meet climate and development goals

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings (21st -25th October) will bring together Finance and Development Ministers and officials from around...

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Analysis: Solar surge will send coal power tumbling by 2030, IEA data reveals

Carbon Brief analysis of IEA data: Global electricity generation from solar will quadruple by 2030 and help to push coal power into reverse.

Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad and other participants attend the opening plenary of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
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Explainer: What’s on the agenda at the COP16 nature summit in Colombia?

At COP16 in Cali, nearly 200 countries will discuss national biodiversity plans, genetic data access, and Indigenous rights to combat nature loss.

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Is sustainable development possible? Only if we take a unified approach

Policy and technology must unite across disciplines and economies to achieve sustainability within Earth's finite limits.

FILE PHOTO: Najin (front) and her daughter Patu, the last two northern white rhino females, graze in their enclosure at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, Kenya March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
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COP16: From forests to oceans, nature in a dire state

As the UN's two-week COP16 biodiversity summit kicks off on Monday, here is what you need to know about nature's rapid decline.

Developing countries least responsible for climate change need trillions of dollars to cut emissions and brace for the future but nations cannot agree how to raise the money (AFP)
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Public money ‘must be at core’ of new climate pact: UN’s Stiell

Rich nations must lead climate funding at COP29 and help mobilize broader contributions, says UN's climate chief.

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