Financing Climate News Today

News and Press Release in English on World and 10 other countries about Climate Change and Environment and Health; published on 28 May 2024 by GCF

On the sidelines of the 77th World Health Assembly, we invite you to tune into the high-level session and reception focused on translating the shared vision of the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions into concrete actions at the multilateral, regional, and national levels.

Victims of Cyclone Idai, which devastated eastern districts of Zimbabwe in March 2019 remain trapped in extreme poverty as they lack financial resources to rebuild their lives.

Co-benefit climate action is the key to meeting the Paris Climate Agreement. Building design can help lead the way, writes Adele Houghton We are halfway through the timeline set by the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 to transition the global economy away from its dependence on fossil fuels by 2030, and it is clear we are on the wrong track. While the Paris Climate Agreement mentions mitigation (for example by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases into Earth’s atmosphere), adaptation (i.e.,...

Over two-thirds of the Global Fund's funding, will be spent on countries that have been the most impacted by climate change, the organisation has announced at COP28

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The COP28 Presidency joined the World Health Organisation (WHO)

The COP28 Presidency joined World Health Organisation for UAE Declaration on climate and health seeking speedy action to protect public health from climate impacts. Signed by 123 countries, it comes a day ahead of the first Health Day at a COP event.

The two largest multilateral climate and health funds, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) and the Green Climate Fund, announced their intention today at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai to tackle together the impact of climate change on the health of the most vulnerable communities around the world.

A consortium of multilateral development banks and funders, countries, and philanthropies today published the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions (“Guiding Principles”), announced at the World Climate Action Summit during the 28th session of Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP28) in Dubai.