In reviving its economy post-COVID-19, India could turn a crisis into an opportunity by resetting its energy spending to favour clean energy, enabling citizens to continue enjoying the unprecedented clean air and blue skies bestowed by the lockdown.
When we focus on developing countries, only 19 percent of climate finance from OECD countries to developing countries goes toward adaptation. While this is better than the global average, it’s still far below what has been promised and what is needed.
In her classic song, I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor sings about a bad relationship that just won’t go away. It’s not far off Nigeria’s experiences with fuel subsidies.