climate smart
It helps cities understand their exposure to climate challenges and develop plans and strategies to reduce emissions and vulnerability to climate risks, among others
The focus areas of collaboration include financing adaptation solutions, supporting knowledge, tolls and capacity-building on adaptation and sharing best practices and data
Innovations sought include refrigerated warehousing, space conditioning for packaging and sorting, inter and intra-city mobile cooling solutions for pharmaceuticals and other temperature-sensitive goods
Korea will work jointly with the IFC to deploy resources in targeted ways that deliver on the new climate ambitions of their partnership
The programme is funded by the UK Government’s International Climate Finance, offering a total of $1.5m in grant funding for the pilot implementation
The funding will contribute to a programme that helps boost security through knowledge exchange, policy advice and project preparation
It will assist with the sustainable extraction and processing of minerals and metals used in clean energy technologies
Richard Branson and Usain Bolt were part of the launch of the Caribbean ClimateSmart Accelerator yesterday
The World Bank has approved a $5.1 million (£3m) grant to support “climate smart” crop production in China. China’s intensive crop production relies on high and inefficient use of fertilisers, pesticides and irrigation water inputs, the Bank said. There are also unsustainable crop production practices, which includes straw burning, flood irrigation and low rates of […]