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  • COP28: a call to action from Pakistan

    01 December 2023

    Progress is needed on carbon capture and storage, putting a price on carbon, and ensuring countries deliver on their emissions reduction commitments, writes Pakistan's former lead climate negotiator, Farrukh Iqbal Khan

  • COP28: LeapFrog launches $500m climate investment strategy

    01 December 2023
  • COP28: BlackRock, Brookfield and TPG commit to $30bn emerging markets climate fund

    01 December 2023

    The UAE has launched a $30 billion fund for climate solutions in emerging and developing markets, with aims to attract $250 billion in further capital commitments by 2030.

  • COP28: Opening ceremony invokes spirit of Yoda

    30 November 2023

    The curtain was raised on the COP28 climate jamboree today, with a colourful session in which its President made the case for including fossil fuels and a top UN climate chief invoked the wisdom of Yoda.

  • COP28: Loss and damage fund secures $277.5m, as conference 'gets off to strong start'

    30 November 2023

    COP28 made "an important breakthrough" on its first day, when a fund to help vulnerable countries adapt to the effects of climate change was put into operation, with $277.5 million committed by several governments.

  • COP28: 'Unrealistic' to expect agreement to phase out fossil fuels, says Deutsche Bank

    30 November 2023

    The COP28 climate talks kicking off today in Dubai are unlikely to result in an agreement to phase out fossil fuels, given its setting in one of the world's biggest oil and gas producing countries, warned Deutsche Bank.

  • COP: MAS to announce new blended finance initiatives

    30 November 2023
  • Expect more fossil fuel meddling at COP28, says Morningstar

    29 November 2023

    It is unsurprising that the UAE reportedly sought to use COP negotiations to further fossil fuel interests - and it is likely that oil and gas companies will look to further change the narrative in their favour at this year's conference, according to Morningstar.

  • NGOs back call for definition of transition finance from COP28

    29 November 2023
  • Innovative $1bn 'blended finance' SDG loan fund launched

    29 November 2023

    Allianz Global Investors (Allianz GI) and FMO Investment Management (FMO IM) have launched a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-aligned loan fund after successfully mobilising $1.1 billion for the innovative public-private investment fund.