G20: UK PM Rishi Sunak announces $2 billion aid to Green Climate Fund
1 year, 3 months ago

G20: UK PM Rishi Sunak announces $2 billion aid to Green Climate Fund

Live Mint  

As the G20 Summit moves towards conclusion, the United Kingdom will contribute a record $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund to tackle climate change, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Sunday. G20 Summit LIVE Notably, this is the biggest single funding commitment made by the UK to help the world tackle climate change. The Green Climate Fund is the biggest single funding commitment the UK has made to help the world tackle climate change. UK's biggest ever financial aid to tackle climate change The recent contribution will prove to be UK's biggest ever aid to deal with the issue.

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G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report
1 month ago

G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report

India Today  

Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded UN talks in Azerbaijan. G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. …

World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks
1 month, 1 week ago

World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks

Hindustan Times  

* World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks U.N. officials urge G20 leaders to break COP29 stalemate * Wealthy nations asking more countries to foot climate bill * Climate accord may only get trickier with return of Trump By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO, - Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center …

What's happening at COP28 climate summit on Monday
1 year ago

What's happening at COP28 climate summit on Monday

India Today  

As the world's leaders have departed from the bustling conference halls of Expo City Dubai, the focus of COP28 shifts to a critical aspect of climate action: finance. Monday marks the finance day at the U.N. climate summit, a day anticipated to bring forth more nuanced discussions and potential funding announcements dedicated to combating climate change. In the initial days …

Bill Nighy among stars urging PM to commit climate funds to poorer countries
1 year ago

Bill Nighy among stars urging PM to commit climate funds to poorer countries

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bill Nighy, Stella McCartney, Brian Cox and Annie Lennox are among the high-profile figures urging …

UK says new science initiative to work on climate-resilient crops
1 year, 1 month ago

UK says new science initiative to work on climate-resilient crops

The Hindu  

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce a new science initiative to bring together work on developing climate-resilient crops as his government hosts a Global Food Security Summit in London on Monday. Britain said the new virtual science hub would be led CGIAR, a global research partnership which unites international organisations working on food security, and would link UK scientists …

UK ‘must invest more in climate adaptation amid whiplash of flood and droughts’
1 year, 1 month ago

UK ‘must invest more in climate adaptation amid whiplash of flood and droughts’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government must invest more in climate adaptation amid a “whiplash” of floods and droughts …

Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany
1 year, 2 months ago

Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany

Associated Press  

VIENNA — Developed countries pledged $9.3 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change at a conference held in the German city of Bonn on Thursday, authorities said. A U.S. administration official later said that Washington is “steadfastly committed to President Biden’s pledge to increase U.S. climate finance to help developing countries tackle the urgent threat of climate change but …

G20 Summit 2023: PM Rishi Sunak announces $2 billion aid to tackle climate change
1 year, 3 months ago

G20 Summit 2023: PM Rishi Sunak announces $2 billion aid to tackle climate change

Firstpost  

The United Kingdom’s financial commitment, spanning from 2024 to 2027, reflects a 12.7 per cent increase compared to its contribution from 2020 to 2023, the UK government said. UK Prime Minister will provide $2bn to the Green Climate Fund – the biggest single funding commitment the country has made to help the world in tackling climate change. We're delivering on …

G-20 Summit | British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signs new strategic pact with Singapore in India
1 year, 3 months ago

G-20 Summit | British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signs new strategic pact with Singapore in India

The Hindu  

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has agreed a new strategic partnership with Singapore during a meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the margins of the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9. Following the new U.K.-Singapore Strategic Partnership, Downing Street said both countries will work to conclude a "new and modern" bilateral investment treaty – the first …

G20 can offer the world direction on climate action
1 year, 3 months ago

G20 can offer the world direction on climate action

Live Mint  

This week leaders of G20 nations will gather to deliberate on a plethora of issues that the world grapples with, and agree on a collective stance to combat such challenges. As the world faces the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation, the G20 serves as a key platform to mainstream climate and environment across the development agenda. The need …

G20 environment meeting ends without agreement on climate crisis
1 year, 4 months ago

G20 environment meeting ends without agreement on climate crisis

Al Jazeera  

No consensus reached on key points, including curbing emissions and scaling up renewable energy, despite record temperatures and wildfires across the globe. He said it showed G20 countries, which account for up to 80 percent of global greenhouses emissions, were “nowhere” on their commitments to address climate change. “We were asked to make bold choices, to demonstrate courage, commitment and …

Amid challenges, G20 expert group kicks off work on reforming MDBs
1 year, 8 months ago

Amid challenges, G20 expert group kicks off work on reforming MDBs

Hindustan Times  

Washington Amid both contextual and fundamental challenges, the G20 expert group on strengthening multilateral development banks, under the leadership of former United States treasury secretary Larry Summers and veteran Indian policymaker NK Singh, commenced its work in Washington DC in the past week on the margins of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Finance …

G-20 members stressed on need to increase climate finance to help farmers take up adaption measures: Agriculture secretary
1 year, 10 months ago

G-20 members stressed on need to increase climate finance to help farmers take up adaption measures: Agriculture secretary

The Hindu  

The G-20 members stressed on the need to increase climate finance to help farmers take up adaptation measures, agriculture secretary Manoj Ahuja said on Wednesday. Addressing media on the concluding day of the G20 first Agriculture Deputies' Meeting here, Mr. Ahuja said: "Climate finance was one of the issues which was discussed. The three-day event of the first G20 Agriculture …

G20: First Environment and Climate Sustainability Meeting in Bengaluru from Tomorrow
1 year, 10 months ago

G20: First Environment and Climate Sustainability Meeting in Bengaluru from Tomorrow

News 18  

The first Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Meeting, under India’s year-long G20 presidency, will be held here from February 9 to 11. With the goal of adopting an integrated, comprehensive and consensus-driven approach to tackling the challenges of climate change, several delegates from G20 countries along with representatives of international organisations will participate in this meeting. ”India’s G20 presidency …

G20 ministers launch billion-dollar pandemic fund at Indonesian summit
2 years, 1 month ago

G20 ministers launch billion-dollar pandemic fund at Indonesian summit

The Hindu  

G20 health and finance ministers launched a $1.4-billion fund Sunday to tackle the next global pandemic ahead of the bloc's leaders gathering for a summit on the Indonesian resort island of Bali but the host's president said it was not enough. The 24-nation fund is viewed as one of the early global outcomes of the summit next week where little …

Fears UK will break climate crisis pledge for poor nations after failure to reveal funding
2 years, 1 month ago

Fears UK will break climate crisis pledge for poor nations after failure to reveal funding

The Independent  

Ministers have been told to come clean on suspicions the UK will break promises to fund climate crisis help for poorer nations, after failing to set out what money is being provided. Campaigners said Rishi Sunak, as he arrives in Egypt, must reveal how much is being provided in so-called “international climate finance”, to help developing countries cope with the …

Britain opens the door to climate change reparations for poorer nations
2 years, 1 month ago

Britain opens the door to climate change reparations for poorer nations

The Telegraph  

Britain has opened the door to paying climate change reparations to developing countries by supporting talks on the issue at the Cop27 summit. On Sunday, at the meeting in Egypt, UK negotiators backed a last-minute agreement to address “loss and damage” payments to countries badly affected by climate-related disasters. The Prime Minister will say: “By honouring the pledges we made …

G20 says climate threat ‘urgent, critical’, offers modest steps
3 years, 1 month ago

G20 says climate threat ‘urgent, critical’, offers modest steps

Al Jazeera  

Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies have agreed to tackle “the critical and urgent threat of climate change” but angered activists by offering few concrete commitments to limit global warming. Russia, China ‘didn’t show up’ Before leaving Rome, US President Joe Biden called it “disappointing’ that G20 members Russia and China’ basically didn’t show up” with commitments to address …

UN chief to G20: end mistrust to help on climate, vaccines
3 years, 1 month ago

UN chief to G20: end mistrust to help on climate, vaccines

Associated Press  

ROME — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday challenged the G-20 leaders to overcome “dangerous levels of mistrust” among themselves and between developed and developing nations to try to avoid “climate catastrophe” as well as narrow an “immoral gap” on global vaccine distribution and pandemic recovery aid. The U.N, chief expressed skepticism about recent pledges, saying “we are still careening …

Four Key Issues To Watch Out for at G-20 Meet Ahead of Glasgow Climate Summit
3 years, 1 month ago

Four Key Issues To Watch Out for at G-20 Meet Ahead of Glasgow Climate Summit

The Quint  

Underpinning progress on all issues is the question of finance. In 2009 and again in 2015, wealthy countries agreed to provide $100 billion a year in climate finance for developing nations by 2020, but they haven’t reached that goal yet. With one week to go, the United Kingdom revealed a climate finance plan, brokered by Germany and Canada, that would …

UK's Rishi Sunak Calls On G7 to Work Together for Green and Sustainable Global Economic Recovery
3 years, 6 months ago

UK's Rishi Sunak Calls On G7 to Work Together for Green and Sustainable Global Economic Recovery

News 18  

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has urged G-7 Finance Ministers to continue working together to secure a green and sustainable global economic recovery and ensure that tackling climate change is prioritised in their economic and financial policy. At a virtual meeting with G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on Friday, Sunak also pressed for action that will …

Why rich nations are feeling the heat on climate funding ahead of G7 summit
3 years, 7 months ago

Why rich nations are feeling the heat on climate funding ahead of G7 summit

The Independent  

In a speech made to other leaders on Thursday, Boris Johnson called on all rich nations to “put our money where our mouth is” when it comes to funding climate action. As the host of both the upcoming G7 summit in June and a key set of climate talks in November, the UK is attempting to lead the charge on …

Britain to use G-7 meeting to press for climate finance
3 years, 7 months ago

Britain to use G-7 meeting to press for climate finance

Associated Press  

BERLIN — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday that he will use the Group of Seven meeting in June to “bend the ear” of fellow leaders to provide more financial help for poor countries to cope with climate change. Johnson said he hoped G-7 leaders would commit to “kick-start a green industrial revolution and build economies that can withstand …

Could the foreign aid budget cut harm UK’s efforts to lead the world on climate crisis?
4 years ago

Could the foreign aid budget cut harm UK’s efforts to lead the world on climate crisis?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the cut to the foreign aid budget could put the government on the “back foot”, says Nick Mabey, …

G20 Summit | PM Modi calls for integrated approach to combat climate change
4 years, 1 month ago

G20 Summit | PM Modi calls for integrated approach to combat climate change

The Hindu  

Climate change must be fought not in silos but in an integrated, comprehensive and holistic way, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a G20 event on Sunday and asserted that the entire world can progress faster if there is greater support of technology and finance to developing nations. Addressing a G-20 summit side event — Safeguarding the Planet: The Circular …

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