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Solar summit expected to hasten pace of renewables deployment

The first summit of the International Solar Alliance in New Delhi in March is expected to speed up the global momentum of using renewable energy to mitigate global warming

As India gears up to host the first International Solar Alliance summit next month, efforts are underway to provide a momentum to solar deployments in over 120 sunshine countries…Read More

Best of 2017: Only solution is if global money goes green

Combating climate change needs money that is only available in global bond and equity markets, which are heavily invested in fossil fuels; public finances are needed to make them change direction

Trillions of dollars. That is what India said it needed to deal with climate change in 2015, and it is only one of – though one of the biggest – the developing countries. Where will this come from?…Read more

Commonwealth seeks common response to climate threat

The devastation of Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean due to the series of hurricanes this year has brought an increasing sense of urgency

Why was the Commonwealth Secretary General at the UN climate summit? “The Commonwealth is very involved in tackling climate change,” answered Patricia Scotland. “We were the first to put climate change on the agenda, in 1989…Read more

Only solution is if global money goes green

Combating climate change needs money that is only available in global bond and equity markets, which are heavily invested in fossil fuels; public finances are needed to make them change direction

Trillions of dollars. That is what India said it needed to deal with climate change in 2015, and it is only one of – though one of the biggest – the developing countries. Where will this come from?…Read more

Little money in sight at climate summit

But lots of talk on how to administer whatever is available

As the first week of the November 6-17 UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany, drew towards a close, the European Union, Switzerland and Canada reiterated their commitment to increase financial help to developing countries to US$100 billion per year by 2020. But right now, the grants…Read More