NEW DELHI, June 2, 2017 – The State Bank of India (SBI) today announced financing of solar rooftop projects worth Rs 400 crore, with private developers. This would add at least 100 MW of solar rooftop...
Date: June 2, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BERLIN, May 29, 2017— New conclusions from the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices, led by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Lord Nicholas Stern, provide the right advice at the right time to boost...
Date: May 29, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
More Countries Expand Carbon Pricing Efforts BARCELONA, May 23, 2017 – The number of carbon pricing initiatives implemented or scheduled has almost doubled over the past five years, according to Carbon...
Date: May 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The remarkable pace at which nations of the world have ratified the Paris Agreement and started to put their national plans, or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), into action provides proof that the...
Date: May 10, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
For the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), action speaks louder than words. Launched at the Paris climate change talks in 2015, the group is a virtual laboratory for carbon pricing strategies...
Date: May 4, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
At the time, it seemed unthinkable. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley stood on a stage with oil industry executives and environmental leaders to announce a new climate change policy for Canada’s top oil-producing...
Date: April 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
As businesses and governments aim to make good on the promise of the Paris Agreement, which sets the globe on a path to stabilize temperature rise at or below 2 degrees Celsius, leading businesses and...
Date: January 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Auctions bring together buyers and sellers to agree on a price for goods or services that are otherwise difficult to value. In climate finance, reverse auctions can be used to produce the biggest bang...
Date: January 11, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Washington, D.C., November 10, 2016—A new report, Climate and Disaster Resilience Financing in Small Island States shows that, in spite of increasing climate risks, only 14 percent of development aid for...
Date: November 10, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
With the Paris Agreement entering into force last week, negotiators at this year’s UN climate meeting (COP22) in Morocco are getting to work on the specific rules and guidance that will translate Paris...
Date: November 8, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
It started with the bang of a gavel. Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015, the world has seen a year of unparalleled ambition on climate change. Almost every country on Earth – 190...
Date: November 7, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, November 3, 2016 – The World Bank Group today released the following statement from World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on the eve of the Paris Climate Change Agreement going into force:...
Date: November 3, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
101 Countries Consider Carbon Pricing as Part of their Paris Agreement Commitments HANOI, Vietnam, October 18—Greater cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation...
Date: October 18, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
By 2030, without significant investment to improve the resilience of cities around the world, climate change may push up to 77 million urban residents into poverty. Those are the findings of a new report...
Date: October 12, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 12, 2016 – Natural disasters – such as Hurricane Matthew – and climate change are having devastating effects on cities and the 4 billion people who live in them today. By 2030,...
Date: October 12, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Following the globally significant 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, attention is now shifting from the identification of emissions reduction trajectories to crucial questions about how these emissions reductions...
Date: October 3, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
For the millions of people living in remote rural areas of Ethiopia who lack access to the power grid or cannot afford electricity, solar energy represents an important first step on the energy access...
Date: August 15, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Manila, Philippines, August 9, 2016 – Climate finance totaling $81 billion was mobilized for projects funded by the world’s six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) in 2015. This included...
Date: August 9, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Hafiza’s life in the brick kilns of Bangladesh is a story of before and after. Once she was like the thousands of seasonal workers who labored in searing conditions under the five-story smokestacks of...
Date: July 20, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Nearly twenty Canadian companies signed on today to join the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), which brings together governments, businesses and civil society groups to identify and address the...
Date: July 15, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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