China’s flirtation with green finance
China has experimented with tools that encourage the financial sector to embrace sustainability
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Caption: French president Emmanuel Macron (centre), host of the inaugural One Planet Summit, celebrates the completion of the event (image: twitter
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One Planet Summit raises ambition on climate finance
The Paris Agreement’s second anniversary was met with numerous commitments on green finance
Caption: Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres at Bonn (image: UNclimatechange )
Money remains distant honeypot as climate summit ends
UN meet fails major test, marks successes elsewhere
Caption: California is working with other state governments and environmental groups to provide an unofficial US presence in Bonn that’s for strong climate action (image: GovJerryBrown
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COP23: ‘Non-state actors are driving the bus’
The US is blocking efforts to discuss immediate climate action but is getting plenty of pushback
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Marrakech summit ends without funds deal
Despite progress on several fronts, COP22 sees deadlock over finances for developing countries
Caption: Flags from the more than 190 countries aprticipating in COP22 (image: UNClimate change)
What outcomes will signal success at Marrakech?
chinadialogue asked top experts what they hope to see from the climate negotiations in Marrakech
Caption: Presidente da COP22, Salaheddine Mezouar, durante abertura do encontro em Marrakech (imagem: UNClimate change)
Climate summit starts on a hopeful note
Implementing the Paris Agreement won’t be easy given how little time governments have
Caption: (L-R) Patricia Espinosa, secretary general of UNFCCC, Salaheddine Mezouar, president of COP22 and Hakima El Haite, Morocco’s environment minister (image: COP22).
The road to Marrakech
Paris Accord enters into force as attention turns to next steps at Morocco summit
Caption: The Songdo International Business District in South Korea where the Green Climate Fund met last month ( image: Piotrus/ Wikicommons)
Green Climate Fund does too little, but it’s not too late
Important fund meeting gives teeth to the fight against climate change but there is much to do
Caption: After reaching a historic climate deal in Paris in December, the huge task of implementing and financing the shift to a low carbon economy begins in earnest (image: COP Paris/ Arnaud Bouissou)
After Paris, it’s “all hands on deck” for climate finance
With China at the helm, South-South cooperation on climate finance can make 2016 a historic year
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