UNCTAD: Inflation Is Crimping Global Trade and Slowdown Will Worsen in 2023
UNCTAD predicts that global trade will face a negative downswing after a record year of inflation and the slowdown is expected to worsen in 2023.
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Addressing the Nature Financing Gap: The role of natural capital accounting and natural asset companies
Could the enthusiasm surrounding natural asset companies drive changes in accounting standards for natural capital?
Scientists warn of extreme weather in 2023
This year, global warming and extreme weather events will hit millions and cost billions. If the world's nations want to prevent the situation from getting much worse in the future, scientists agree that rapid and drastic measures must be taken.
Water retention projects can pay off
An International Institute for Sustainable Development report says farms, particularly livestock operations, can see significant benefits from water retention projects installed on their land.
Fighting for a place to breathe
In the shadow of a retired coal-fired power plant in India's capital, Meena Devi tries to make her family home -- four brick walls with a tin roof -- a safe place to breathe.
[Podcast] GigaWhat: What (not) to do in an energy transition
India has been racing to meet its ambitious clean energy commitments, post the Paris Agreement in 2015. The ambitions have been backed by strong policy support which in turn has transformed the country’s energy market and pushed India among the top countries in terms of clean energy adoption.
Warmer earth means less oxygen, more greenhouse gases for lakes
As the earth has warmed, so have its lakes, researchers have found, and the consequences of this could be dire for wildlife in New York State and beyond.
Subsidies for renewable energy and EVs more than double: Study
Nagpur: India’s subsidies for renewable energy and electric vehicles more than doubled this fiscal, according to a new study by independent think-tank International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). However, it also found that it will be critical for the government to build this momentum over the coming years to reach the country's climate targets.
Canada vows to stop funding overseas oil and gas projects, but billions in support still on the books
In November 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a warning about the dangers of climate change at the United Nations’ 26th climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
EV subsidies in India doubled in FY 2022: IISD report
According to a recent study conducted by IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development) subsidies for renewable energy and EVS in India have more than doubled in FY 2022. India still allocated four times more support to fossil fuels than clean energy, although the gap narrowed significantly since FY 2021 when support was nine times greater.