Sentences with phrase «climate finance for»

There was minimal progress on climate finance for developing countries, with several European countries making pledges totaling US$ 6 billion over the next three years.

Noted climate scholar Benito Mueller of Oxford University and Oxford Climate Policy has a new «Think Piece» called «The Paris Predictability Problem: What to do about climate finance for the 2020 Climate Agreement?»

COP 19, in decision 3 / CP.19, included activities on long - term climate finance for the period 2014 - 2020.

To tackle this tremendous challenge, the international community is looking to the newly established United Nations Green Climate Fund to be the primary channel for multilateral climate finance for the poor and the vulnerable in developing countries.

Developed countries report that they mobilised $ 35 billion in international climate finance for developing countries through the «fast - start finance» period from 2010 through 2012.

At last week's Africa Carbon Forum (ACF), delegates called for stronger emphasis on results - based climate finance for both mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and they reiterated their support for market - based mechanisms like the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows emissions - reducing projects to earn certified emissions reduction (CERs) that can be traded to meet overall national reduction goals.

The delivery of climate finance for developing countries is one of the commitments and obligations of developed country governments under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is one of the pillars of the Bali Road Map agreed during the UNFCCC Conference of Parties held here in Bali in December 2007.

Analysis by Carbon Brief last year showed Brazil had received $ 109m between 2013 and 2016 (inclusive) from multilateral climate funds, one of the vehicles for distributing international climate finance for mitigation and adaptation.

Athena Ballesteros, who leads work on climate finance for the World Resources Institute think tank, said, «If this meeting will help contribute to the goal of coordinating countries plans and actions to mobilize the $ 100 billion pledge, that would be most welcome, and part of the conversation is to find innovative sources of finance that would complement the scarce public resources being made available.»

The United States and other industrialized countries committed to such assistance through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Copenhagen Accord (2009), and the Cancun Agreements (2010), wherein the higher - income countries pledged jointly up to $ 30 billion of «fast start» climate financing for lower - income countries for the period 2010 - 2012, and a goal of mobilizing jointly $ 100 billion annually by 2020.

Such commitments by industrialised countries include providing US$ 100 billion per year by 2020 in climate financing for developing nations, as well as technology support.

It promised billions of dollars in climate financing for developing nations, but did not require deeper emissions cuts by major emitters.

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After 18 months of negotiations, during which each side saw the climate get bleaker still, Chromalloy at last sold Foster the works through a deal for assets, financing essentially 100 % of the business by advancing working capital.

Some proposed that 20 % to 25 % of global finance for development - in instruments such as the Green Climate Fund - should be allocated directly to cities.

Rich countries like the U.S., Canada, and the European Union upped their pledges for climate finance slightly, but nowhere near enough to compensate for the hugely outsized share of the global carbon budget they have devoured.

This year's topic was «Water for Development» and during the week, the most relevant topics related to this theme were discussed — e.g. Financing, SDGs, Integrity, Gender issues, Climate Change, Energy, Sanitation, Food, Conflict Resolution, Water Management and more.

HIDDEN COSTS Export financing can pay for itself in countries where the export climate is favorable.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial cClimate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial cclimate risk has shot up in financial circles.

It is a trend that is only set to accelerate as policy measures such as the recommendations from the Taskforce for Climate - related Financial Discosures and new green finance rules from the UK and EU start to take effect and require firms to disclose more information on the climate risks theClimate - related Financial Discosures and new green finance rules from the UK and EU start to take effect and require firms to disclose more information on the climate risks theclimate risks they face.

Several important institutional investors (with BRL 1.8 tn AUM) have signed the «Brazil Green Bonds Statement», an initiative of the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and SITAWI Finance for Good.

In truth, the vision provided for the future was great for the economic climate but nevertheless grim for the community finances — a long time of cuts in community investing with no the scope for tax reductions.

Still - strong profitability and a favourable financing climate also ensure that firms have ample access to funds for expanding capacity.

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A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

The concern has been raised that the new competitive climate for Intelsat * could lead to so called «cream - skimming» on the dense routes and consequently problems for the financing of the thin routes (in particular for Third World traffic).

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IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).

He has been the most powerful of the three top state leaders for over a decade, and is fully responsible for the parlous state of our finances, poor business climate, and high unemployment.

Developing countries, for their part, have drawn heavily from the Montreal Protocol's funding instrument, the Multilateral Fund, in their thinking about climate finance.

Indeed, the recent establishment of the Green Climate Fund over the past two years, intended to govern an anticipated $ 100bn a year in climate finance flows by 2020, can be read as the fulfilment of this long - standing aspiration for wresting finance oversight away from existing institutions — especially the WorlClimate Fund over the past two years, intended to govern an anticipated $ 100bn a year in climate finance flows by 2020, can be read as the fulfilment of this long - standing aspiration for wresting finance oversight away from existing institutions — especially the Worlclimate finance flows by 2020, can be read as the fulfilment of this long - standing aspiration for wresting finance oversight away from existing institutions — especially the World Bank.

The FSB is on the lookout for new case studies to speak to print and broadcast media on a range of topics, such as the business climate, access to finance through the banks or other providers, late payment, exporting and your use of technology.

Priorities in Eldridge's platform, according to Quintana, include «small business and economic development in the region,» sustainable jobs, reproductive freedom for women, getting the nation «prepared for climate change,» opposition to hydrofracking and campaign finance reform.

«President Buhari and other world leaders and participants will make presentations under four sub-themes namely: Scaling - up Finance for Climate Action; Greening Finance for Sustainable Business; Accelerating Local and Regional Climate Action; Strengthening Policies for Ecological and Inclusive Transition.

Ghana is set to host the third Green Financing for Sustainable Development Conference to expand access to climate - focused finance for...

The report, which was criticized for its methodology, concluded that «climate finance» reached $ 52 billion in 2013 and $ 62 billion in 2014.

One of the great showdowns looming during United Nations climate negotiations in Paris in the coming weeks revolves around whether richer countries can demonstrate that they plan to meet a promise they made during 2009 negotiations in Copenhagen for «mobilizing» $ 100 billion a year of climate financing by 2020.

The ambiguity of that aspect of the agreement has led to what Romain Weikmans described as «extreme discretion» for developed countries regarding how they measure climate financing.

«We can not, as the OECD, rule on what should or should not count as climate finance relating to the $ 100 billion commitment,» said Simon Buckle, the OECD official who led research for the report.

In the current climate, the main source of funding for studies of hallucinogens are two private philanthropies: the Heffter Research Institute in Santa Fe, which was founded in 1993 by academics and mental health professionals to finance scholarly research, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which has dispensed more than $ 10 million since it was launched in 1986 by Rick Doblin, a drug reform activist in Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policy.

«This system is a starting point for being more transparent, because the more transparent we are, the more opportunities for financing further actions we will have in the international arena,» said Juan Mata Sandoval, director - general of climate change policy at Mexico's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

«There's a lot of thinking on climate finance that focuses on the supply of money, but actually you need to think about the demand,» including what the money should be used for and why the private sector isn't already doing a particular project.

The United States said Tuesday it plans to use its leverage within global development banks to limit financing for coal - fired power plants abroad, part of Washington's international strategy to combat climate change.

At a climate finance forum hosted by the International Finance Corp. last week in Beijing, Xu Huaqing, deputy director general of China's National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, said that carbon credits sold in the existing Chinese carbon markets already surpassed 100 million yuan ($ 16 million) as of earclimate finance forum hosted by the International Finance Corp. last week in Beijing, Xu Huaqing, deputy director general of China's National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, said that carbon credits sold in the existing Chinese carbon markets already surpassed 100 million yuan ($ 16 million) as of earfinance forum hosted by the International Finance Corp. last week in Beijing, Xu Huaqing, deputy director general of China's National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, said that carbon credits sold in the existing Chinese carbon markets already surpassed 100 million yuan ($ 16 million) as of earFinance Corp. last week in Beijing, Xu Huaqing, deputy director general of China's National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, said that carbon credits sold in the existing Chinese carbon markets already surpassed 100 million yuan ($ 16 million) as of earClimate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, said that carbon credits sold in the existing Chinese carbon markets already surpassed 100 million yuan ($ 16 million) as of early May.

Private financing for the CCUS is well and good, he suggested, but «if you're advocating something that deserves major resources as a climate mitigation option, it starts to look more like a distraction in that those resources can be used in other directions.»

Heather Coleman of Oxfam commended Obama for his focus on climate finance but questioned his emphasis on research and development.

Harnessing market forces To narrow that gap, the Chinese government has called for expanding climate finance through market forces.

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Concerningly, there is no clear trajectory in MDB finance for fossil fuels between 2011 and 2015, despite the growing threat of climate change and rapidly worsening climate impacts around the globe.

It tracks progress on health and climate change across 40 indicators divided into five categories: climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerability; adaptation planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement.

Much in the spirit of the Fraser Institute's damp squib we reported on last year, S. Fred Singer and his merry band of contrarian luminaries (financed by the notorious «Heartland Institute» we've commented on previously) served up a similarly dishonest «assessment» of the science of climate change earlier this year in the form of what they call the «NIPCC» report (the «N» presumably standing for «not the» or «nonsense»).