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The US, UK and Germany will invite the private sector to propose ways to raise the billions needed to tackle climate change, in an initiative that UK minister Greg Barker will launch in New York today. The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance – or...

30 donor countries today pledged US$ 4.43 billion for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support developing countries' efforts over the next four years to prevent degradation of the global environment. "Today's decision is a powerful signal from the global community about the importance of...

CDKN’s Dina Khan reflects on a dialogue on the place of climate change in the post-2015 international development framework – the Sustainable Development Goals. ‘It was 22 years ago in Rio that we renewed our commitment to sustainable development and crafted the future we wanted.  But...

The 10th Session of Working Group II (WGII-10) was held from 25 to 29 March 2014 in Yokohama, Japan. At the Session, the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) was approved and the...

A project supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will improve rural livelihoods and strengthen people’s capacity to adapt to climate change, benefitting 125,000 vulnerable people, in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta region. IFAD is providing US$34 million to finance the Project for Adaption...

The Adaptation Fund Board approved financing for climate adaptation preparation in India and Morocco, and accredited three new implementing entities at its twenty-third Board meeting, held in Bonn, Germany. A hallmark of the Adaptation Fund, its direct access modality, was bolstered in several Board decisions....

A project to integrate solar energy and saltwater desalination has increased the supply of clean water eight-fold for 450 residents of the Palau state of Peleliu. The project, designed to demonstrate opportunities at the water-energy nexus, is administered through the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS),...

Through the devastation it experienced after super typhoon Yolanda,  the Philippines can push the world to act on climate change. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator Helen Clark said Thursday that the Philippines is the best example of what climate change can do to people...

Tuvalu natural resources minister Elisala Pita has slammed the UN's funding mechanisms as too complicated. Representatives of land-locked developing countries and small island states are meeting in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator to debate how to ensure future food security amid hotter weather and rising...

The Adaptation Fund has financed a four-year project that will support climate change adaptation and resilience for farmers and livestock producers in Myanmar's dry zone. The project will help over 50,000 vulnerable households adapt to climate change impacts. Its activities include: developing climate hazard maps...