World Bank Group is providing USD$22.5 billion to Africa for climate mitigation and adaptation across five years beginning with 2021, adding to the $17 billion already committed through the Africa Climate Business Plan.
Acuva Technologies, based out of British Columbia, Canada, has announced its partnership with Quezon City-based Kooler Industries, in an effort to make a significant difference in the war against plastic waste in the Philippines.
1.5 million students from all over the world took to the streets on March to demand governments for stronger political action on our current climate crisis.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) revealed the signing of a loan agreement worth $18 million which will finance the installation of 35 megawatts (MW) of solar PV systems on 500 public schools in the West Bank.
An eco-friendly new social media trend is inspiring people around the world to clean up litter. Though the #TrashTag challenge has reportedly been around for several years, it recently became a trending topic on social media.
Launched on March 1, the Bangladesh Scaling-up Renewable Energy Project will provide $185 million to add up to 310 MW in renewable energy and aims to mobilize a further $212 million in private sector investment.
New research shows that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in a group of 18 developed economies including France, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and Denmark which together represents 28% of global emissions – are declining.
In the declaration, the five countries commit to step up ambition by 2020, enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for the Sustainable Development Goals, and intensify their cooperation.
The world has taken an important step to drastically reduce the powerful greenhouse gasses hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol coming into force.
The projects funded by the new investment could help cut carbon emissions equivalent to those created by 800,000 cars a year.
