Leaders of small island developing states met at the end of September on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to launch a new initiative focused on accelerating the energy transformation in these states, strengthening climate resilience, and boosting sustainable development goals.
Canada and the World Bank Group announced on Tuesday at the One Planet Summit in Paris that they are teaming up in partnership to support effective climate action in developing countries and small island developing states and spurring the acceleration away from coal-fired electricity toward clean energy.
“People living in Small Island Developing States are on the frontline of extreme weather events, rising sea levels and increased risk of infectious disease,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO. “We owe it to these people to do everything we can to help them prepare for the future that is already washing up on their shores.”
Originally published on FGI Publishing. By Dr. Timothy Cadman The good news about the Clean Development Mechanism was overshadowed by two early events as the Paris climate talks got under way. After the terrorist attacks, the French government banned the ‘Marche Climat’, which, it was predicted, would have over one … [continued]
On Friday, climate change efforts across the world reached a very important milestone: the release of $5 billion to begin the work of the Green Climate Fund, which will become the main financial operator of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Initial climate financing disproportionately favored middle-income developed countries and … [continued]
