How will climate change affect rail?
In 2023, a report by the World Meteorological Organization and the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change service stated that multiple nations…
Adaptation
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How to mobilise private finance for climate adaptation
COP28 saw progress on global adaptation efforts, with governments agreeing on targets for a Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and…
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Leading with an invisible hand: what role will private finance play at COP28?
As global leaders spend the next two weeks hammering out decisions relating to the future of our planet at COP28…
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The climate is changing faster than we are
A succession of hottest-day records smashed, then smashed again. Flooding in the north-east of the US, Pakistan and southern Japan.…
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Students lay the foundation for a new generation of sustainable cooling in India
In the scorching heat in a town near Delhi, Jyoti Pandey rode her scooter packed with takeaway meals. Halfway through…
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Farmers in Africa need better information to adopt solar irrigation
The use of solar energy to power groundwater pumps that farmers in drought-ridden, off-grid regions in Africa and elsewhere can…
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Are debt-for-climate swaps finally taking off?
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise faster than for 3,000 years, bringing a “torrent of trouble” to almost…
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New Zealand’s extreme weather another blaring siren for climate action
Every two weeks for the past six weeks, the city I live in (Auckland, New Zealand) has experienced an extreme…
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Why anticipatory insurance is the next frontier for climate aid
On 9 January, UN secretary-general António Guterres and Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, held a conference in Geneva looking to…
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Methane in the net-zero crosshairs for 2023 – Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures
At the 2015 UN climate conference that delivered the Paris Agreement, Bill Gates announced that a coalition of 28 high-net-worth…
