climate action

The European Investment Bank is providing €150m to Bankia, which is matching the amount for the scheme

As young activists from around the world strike for climate action today, I’ve been focussing on the upcoming sustainable energy and climate change programme which I am leading on.

It enables them to evaluate how their investment portfolios would respond to different levels of global warming

The work will be driven by national strategies and policy goals

It will support projects in the world’s poorest nations

The ‘Ice2Ice’ journey will take Michael Strasser from Alaska to Patagonia

It is planning to provide £1.7bn under the next EU budget between 2021 and 2027

The former mayor of New York City hopes US President Donald Trump will change his views about climate change

A new alliance to push for faster climate action on transport has been launched. Members of the Transport Decarbonisation Alliance, which was announced at the UN COP23 conference, will also strive to bring greater co-ordination between national, local and corporate action. It has been initiated by France, Portugal, the Netherlands and Costa Rica. According to […]

Deutsche Bank and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have signed a deal to raise private capital for environmental action. The Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) will enable the bank to use GCF funds to mobilise private investment for climate change mitigation. GCF has already approved the first funding proposal from Deutsche Bank, which combines capital from GCF and private investors to […]