Five years ago, when Clauditta Curson became a first-time homebuyer, she was shocked by the “astronomical” utility bills she received for her 1,200-square-foot house. The 60-year-old adult daycare aide in Hamden, Connecticut, turned to the Connecticut Green Bank (CGB), the oldest such bank in the country...
If climate catastrophe is to be avoided, the governments and institutions of the rich west will have to alter their prioritiesMaking a transition away from fossil fuels and towards low-carbon energy is the only way to keep our planet safe and habitable for future generations. That transition has thankfull...
Report co-written by Nicholas Stern says figure required to switch away from fossil fuels and cope with extreme weather impactsCop27 live – latest news updatesAbout $2tn (£1.75tn) will be needed each year by 2030 to help developing countries cut their greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the effect...
Rich countries not upholding finance promises to developing states. Plus, Republicans expected to take CongressGood morning.Billions of dollars of promised to developing countries by the US, UK, Canada and Australia to aid carbon emission reduction plans and help make communities more resilient to mor...
The US should be paying nearly $40bn towards the $100bn climate-finance target, new Carbon Brief... The post Analysis: US falling $32bn short on ‘fair share’ of $100bn climate-finance goal appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Exclusive: Support for developing countries will be critical issue at Cop27 but new data shows rich countries are laggingThe US, UK, Canada and Australia have fallen billions of dollars short of their “fair share” of climate funding for developing countries, analysis shows.The assessment, by Carbon Brief...
The Texas blacklist follows a similar move by West Virginia in July and came the day after Florida barred its pension fund from considering environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions.
The world faces twin debt crises. On the one hand, a well-publicized financial debt crisis looms for countries across the Global South, limiting governments’ ability to take public health action, alleviate poverty, adapt to a warming world, or pursue ambitious low-carbon development. Policy makers i...
Greenpenny invests in a range of renewable energy and home efficiency projects. The post Online bank funds climate solutions, not fossil fuels appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The IMF allots voting rights and emergency funds according to an outdated and unfair quota system established in 1944, before most colonies were free. Let’s change itActivists pushing for global reparations for colonialism and slavery are often accused of asking for the politically impossible. At th...
n recent years, a growing movement to achieve climate justice has connected the root cause of climate change not just with greenhouse gases but also with a more entrenched, insidious foe: capitalism. The United States supports a system that allows a few corporations and people to earn money off climat...
Experts voice pro and con attitudes about fossil fuel divestments. But what they don’t debate are the big numbers of dollars and investors in the mix. The post Big numbers – dollars and institutions – behind divestments from fossil fuels appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.