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Tackling climate change will require reforming the World Bank and IMF – here are two options

A global transition to a low-carbon economy will require investments of at least US$4 trillion a year (£3.4 trillion) according to the implementation plan agreed at COP27 UN climate change summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Delivering this funding will involve nothing less than “a swift and comprehensive transformation of the…

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2022

Barbados spearheads push on climate disaster financing

As climate-amped disasters ratchet up the suffering, the staid international finace system designed for an earlier age may be on the brink of change, driven by those on the front lines

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Climate-focused reform of World Bank could be done in a year, says Al Gore

Former US vice-president says bank should refocus its spending and end its role in ‘fossil fuel colonialism’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

It’s the big issue of COP27 climate summit: poor nations face a $1 trillion ‘loss and damage’ bill, but rich nations won’t pay up

The costs of climate-related disasters are growing and the poorest countries are bearing the brunt of impacts, from the unprecedented floods in Pakistan to the expanding famine in Somalia. Natural disasters in 2022 alone cost the global economy an estimated US$227 billion.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2022

‘Significant’ moves on climate disaster funds lift Cop27 hopes

Small but symbolic moves at summit where finance is critical include new loss and damage money and debt relief

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2022

Could Barbados blueprint be a Marshall Plan for the climate crisis?

Mia Mottley, PM of Barbados, who, at Cop27 called again for climate justice, is devising a debt relief and loan blueprint, targeting the IMF

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2022

Ukraine president says peace is vital for saving climate; US called out for blocking ‘loss and damage’ funds – as it happened

Volodymyr Zelenskiy appears at climate summit via video link; climate experts say US has acted ‘in bad faith’ for decades

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022

Afternoon Update: Liberal senator’s ‘offensive’ ABC grooming comment; Bob Brown arrested; when to spot the blood moon

Alex Antic tells Senate hearing a Play School segment amounted to ‘adult content’. And Medibank hit by ‘distressing’ ransomware threat

The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2022

We’re One Day Into COP27 And Australia’s Already Getting Roasted For Not Doing Its Fair Share

COP27 is here and rich nations including Australia are already being criticised on day one for not doing their "fair share".

Pedestrian.tv · Nov 7, 2022

Barbados PM launches blistering attack on rich nations at Cop27 climate talks

Mia Mottley warns of a billion refugees by the middle of the century unless governments act now to tackle crisis

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022