Comment: Representatives of groups hardest-hit by the climate crisis say restrictions on their participation at the fund’s first board meeting set a worrying precedent Isatis M. Cintron-Rodriguez is a Puerto…

Germany wants all high-emitters, especially among G20 countries, to pitch in. But China and Saudi Arabia say the responsibility lies with developed nations As negotiations over a new global climate…

Comment: Changes are afoot at the IMF and World Bank – but debt-squeezed developing nations need far faster access to more finance for climate action Rachel Kyte is professor of…

While 84,000 delegates attended COP28 in Dubai, just 40,000-50,000 are expected at COP29 in Baku and COP30 in Belém UN climate chief Simon Stiell has said he hopes to see…

Right-wing President Javier Milei has taken an axe to funding for education and scientific bodies, sparking fears for climate research  As a budget freeze for Argentina’s public universities amid soaring…

Brazil and France want the G20 to get behind a global minimum tax on billionaires’ wealth, also backed by IMF chief, but Germany rejects the idea The finance ministers of…

Environment minister Steven Guilbeault accuses “some countries” of slow-walking negotiations, ahead of talks in Ottawa next week The chair of this month’s penultimate round of talks to agree a global…

Tired of waiting for donor dollars for climate and nature protection to trickle down, Indigenous rights groups are creating new funds to do things differently For over a decade, Indigenous…

Comment: The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF are a chance to transform outstanding debts for fossil fuel projects into grants for renewable energy systems Lidy Nacpil is…