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FILE PHOTO: A passenger plane is seen with the moon behind as it begins its final landing approach to Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File photo
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Scant green premium stalls over 450 low-carbon projects

High-emitting industries face financing struggles for 450+ low-carbon projects, needing $700 billion by 2030 to meet global decarbonization goals.

Ilan Goldfajn, President of the Inter-American Development Bank speaks at the EU-LAC 2023 Business Round Table at the European Commission headquarters on the day of the EU-CELAC summit, in Brussels, Belgium July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Climate finance from multilateral banks up to $125 billion in 2023

Climate finance broadly refers to funding for climate change activities and can include grants, loans and proceeds from bonds.

FILE PHOTO: A man cycles past a chimney giving off emissions in an industrial area of Singapore January 5, 2016. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/File Photo
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Singapore’s GenZero to work with Rwanda on carbon offset projects

State-backed investment firm will see Singapore collaborate with Rwanda on offsetting projects to generate carbon credits.

FILE PHOTO: COP 29 President, Mukhtar Babayev, delivers remarks at the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial, in Helsingor, Denmark, March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Ali Withers/File Photo
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COP29 leaders unveil climate funding and energy storage goals

The Azerbaijani leadership has laid out its plans for what it hoped to achieve in COP29

The Foreign Secretary is expected to say that ‘action on the climate and nature crisis will be central to all the Foreign Office does’ (Lucy North/PA)
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UK Foreign Office to push for global energy transition, says Lammy

David Lammy commits the Foreign Office to leading a global clean energy transition, forming an alliance for net-zero goals.

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IAEA Outlook for Nuclear Power Increases for Fourth Straight Year, Adding to Global Momentum for Nuclear Expansion

16 September 2024 - Vienna, Austria: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revised up its annual projections for the expansion of nuclear...

Uncertainty around the US election outcome is weighing on climate negotiators ahead of the UN-led COP29 talks in November (AFP)
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Trump stalks global climate talks as COP29 draws near

Other countries 'holding back' on financial commitments at preliminary talks for COP29, given lack of certainty over Trump and Harris showdown.

The COP16 isn't expected to break new ground but is more a stocktake of progress since the last summit (AFP)
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Environment takes centre stage as global summits loom

The United Nations is about to host four major events to address environmental challenges.

NGOs accuse richer nations of blocking attempts to reach a solution on climate finance (AFP)
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Climate finance talks make little progress before UN summit

International negotiations on money to help developing countries tackle climate change concluded without a breakthrough this week.

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