The fourth of five Regional Finance Forums concluded in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday with a focus on ushering in a wave of climate finance among Arab States.
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First-ever United Nations Climate Action: Race to Zero and Resilience Forum will convene heads of state and leaders from cities, regions, businesses, and investors to mark progress and turbocharge climate action ahead of COP27.
The fourth of five Regional Finance Forums will take place in Beirut, Lebanon on 15 September and will focus on the opportunities and initiatives in climate finance in the context of the SDGs.
The amount of renewable energy we produce has increased by 10% in 2022, leading to a reduction in CO2 emissions from the global power sector.
With the global population expected to reach 8 billion by November, and 8.5 billion by 2023, we must prioritize fulfilling the increasing demand for food, water and energy by 2030, said Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt this week.
Three months have passed since we met for Stockholm+50 for important discussions on the Race to Zero through green energy, transport, food and land and maximized impact through digitalization. Here’s what is required to scale the next generation of value chains and speed up the Race to Zero.
GFANZ, a practitioner-led, global coalition of financial sector institutions working to accelerate the world’s transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, has announced the formation of its Africa Network and the creation of an Advisory Board to bolster transition finance opportunities on the continent.
UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP26 and COP27, Nigel Topping and Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, will attend the 2nd edition of Egypt-International Cooperation Forum (ICF) and the Meeting of African Ministers of Finance, Economy and Environment for COP27 on 7-9 September.
The third Regional Finance Forum concluded in Santiago last week and shone a spotlight on the need for governments and multilateral institutions to create enabling conditions to promote innovation and investment and speed and scale.
Making good on promises — proving that ambitious targets are for real and are being backed by immediate implementation — is the theme of this year’s Climate Week NYC.
As the third Regional Finance Forum concludes in Santiago, Chile, Robert Muggah and Mac Margolis from Brazil-based think tank, Igarapé InstituteCities examine how citie across the global south are overheating and facing stark impacts from climate change, especially in the second most urbanized region in the world, Latin America.
In record-breaking attendance numbers, more than 2,000 delegates flooded to Libreville, Gabon, to attend Africa Climate Week between 29th August and 2nd September – the last of the regional climate weeks before COP27
The third of five Regional Finance Forums will take place in Santiago, Chile from 1-2 September with the theme of highlighting critical opportunities for investment in clean technologies.
This World Water Week, Diageo discusses how investing in water not only invests in the future of women, but also increases business resilience.
As senior government officials and non-state actors attend 2022 Africa Climate Week in Libreville, Gabon (29 August – 2 September) a reflection on Africa’s untapped potential to provide solutions to the global climate crisis, by Ibrahim Thiaw, Acting Executive Secretary of UN Climate change.
Africa Climate Week is underway, after an opening ceremony that saw President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, joined by Ministers and other delegates from 42 countries from across Africa and officials from key UN and multilateral agencies.
High Level Champion for COP27 Mahmoud Mohieldin’s speech at the Official Opening of Africa Climate Week 2022.
Clean cooking is one of the most critical, cost-effective tools we have to reduce carbon emissions, improve public health, and protect the environment all at the same time. Yet it remains underfunded and undervalued as a nature-based climate solution among investors and policymakers.
Across Nigeria, hundreds of climate entrepreneurs and businesses are creating innovations to support the country’s transition to a low carbon and resilient economy.
Africa’s long-standing development challenges, compounded by shocks to global supply chains, underscore the urgent need to drive progress and innovation in pivoting Africa’s food system.
