Author: Clare Shakya

Get climate money to those who need it

by Clare Shakya | Mar 20, 2017

International climate finance is often accounted for in terms of megawatts of renewable energy or tonnes of carbon emission saved but everyone needs to ensure that those facing direct climate change impacts get much more of the money

Climate finance for developing countries is likely to be scarcer than was forecast during the heady days of the Paris Agreement in 2015…Read More

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