A make-or-break year for a planet on red alert
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In what has been described by the UN as a make-or-break year for a planet on red alert, New Zealand s future will be determined by what happens next. By Matthew McKinnon. On January 31, the Climate Change Commission published the advice it is planning to give to the Government about how to cut New Zealand s climate pollution.
You could be forgiven for not having the time to read it, or for getting lost in the more than 800 pages of recommendations and supporting materials put out by the commission. But nothing is likely to affect the future of the country more than what happens next.
DUBAI: Bahrain’s Special Envoy for Climate Affairs Mohammed bin Daina discussed the issue of climate change in a phone call with the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry. Both sides discussed opportunities and challenges related to climate and the environment, as well as enhancing cooperation and coordination between the two countries in both fields, state
Over 20 ministerial-level Global Champions from the UN member states have issued messages, calling for urgent action to achieve affordable, clean energy for all by 2030. The messages were issued on Wednesday as the UN is launching a year of accelerated action, kicking off substantive preparations for heads of state and government high-level dialogue on energy in September. The messages and virtual launch mark the start of deliberations by five Technical Working Groups that together will prepare a global roadmap for achieving affordable and clean energy for all (SDG 7) by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050, to inform the Dialogue, a summit-level meeting to be convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has reaffirmed its commitment to scaling up green intermediated financing by approving additional headroom for the next phase of its successful large-scale partnership with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). An extension of the successful cooperation by US$497 million supports thousands of individual investments in technologies that reduce emissions and enhance resilience to climate change.
The GCF-EBRD Green Energy Financing Facilities (GEFF) programme, inaugurated in 2018, spans three regions and directs new climate finance flows to Armenia, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Serbia, Tajikistan and Tunisia. Sums lent to local partner financial institutions are on-lent to private sub-borrowers for investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation projects.
Over twenty ministerial-level "Global Champions" from UN Member States have issued messages today calling for urgent action to achieve affordable, clean.