The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will have nearly $6 billion more to spend on emissions-reduction and climate adaptation projects in developing countries, after its board agreed to a management proposal…
A new global rainforest fund, unveiled by Brazil at COP30, will likely struggle to meet its initial funding target this year, after the UK failed to announce an expected pledge…
Ancestral knowledge combined with climate-smart techniques is boosting food security and increasing family incomes in the Lake Atitlán region The post In Guatemala, Indigenous women build climate resilience with old…
The World Bank has scrapped its headline climate finance target under pressure from the Trump administration, but experts believe the survival of its wider climate programme should preserve support for…
At the 11th Our Ocean Conference, African governments launched a bid to have the zone classified as one of the first high-seas protected areas The post West African nations target…
When Tropical Storm Ana made landfall in Malawi in 2022, it hit the Southeast African country's electricity system hard, destroying a third of its hydropower capacity and causing nationwide shutdowns.Even…
Eric Mackres is senior manager of urban analytics for the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and attended London Climate Action Week during the June 2026 heatwave. Usama Bilal is…
As governments gathered at the Our Ocean Conference in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa this month, pledging over $6 billion for marine protection, sustainable fisheries and offshore wind, one issue…
Governments are holding "critical" talks this week on a global treaty to curb plastic pollution, as some countries and activists warn that key issues - including measures to rein in…