Although Africa accounts for only 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions (without LULUCF), climate change affects…
Category: Climate Change
Closing the Gap: How Renewable Energy Can Achieve the Paris Agreement Goals
Global energy consumption has grown by almost 15% in the last decade with ever increasing energy…
Decarbonizing India: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
India is among the ten countries most affected by extreme weather events, according to the recent…
Balancing Energy Security and Decarbonization: The Role of Oil Companies in the Energy Transition
The 2022 energy crisis has created uncertainty about global energy security. However, it has not been…
How the World Bank Group is Tackling Climate Change through Finance and Innovation
The planet is experiencing unprecedented fires, droughts, floods and other more frequent extreme weather events. These…
Climate Investment Needs: Prioritizing Action for a Low-Carbon Future
Transforming our world into a low-carbon and resilient environment requires strategic focus on key drivers. To…
Climate Change and Urbanization: The Disproportionate Impact on Low-Income Cities
Cities are important centers of opportunity and drivers of prosperity, accounting for over 80% of global…
Climate Policy for Cities: 5 Key Instruments for a Resilient Future
Cities are major contributors to GHG emissions, with cities in low-income countries contributing only 14% of…
Cloud Seeding or Climate Change? Unraveling the Cause of Dubai’s Floods
A powerful storm system unleashed record-breaking rainfall across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman this…
Climate Finance: Where we are VS where we need to be
On average in 2019/2020, no less than €650 billion was raised and invested in climate finance…
What is needed to reach Net Zero?
Adaptation refers to actions and measures taken to cope with the current or expected climate and…
Food security updates: Key points to remember
On December 1st, 2023, the World Bank published a report outlining the evolution of food prices…