The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
This report aims to inform the current progress and lessons from the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) and how they will contribute to the efforts in climate mitigation, especially for the Post-2020 to achieve the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the context of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Upon the …
This technical paper first provides an overview of the work under the Convention in relation to assessing the impact of the implementation of response measures. The elements of and approaches to assessment of this impact are then discussed, and relevant assessment approaches, including modelling tools, are compiled with a view …
This technical paper first provides an overview of the work under the Convention in relation to assessing the impact of the implementation of response measures. The elements of and approaches to assessment of this impact are then discussed, and relevant assessment approaches, including modelling tools, are compiled with a view …
Climate: Bhutan has joined 174 countries to become a signatory to the Paris Agreement for Climate Change, according to a foreign affairs ministry press release. The signing was done at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 22 during the High-Level Signing Ceremony on the Paris Agreement for …
At least 34 countries representing 49% of greenhouse gas emissions formally joined the agreement, bringing it ‘within striking distance’ of entering into force The White House has said countries accounting for about half of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions would join the Paris climate agreement this year, bringing the agreement …
Brazil's government will ask legislators this week to ratify the Paris climate agreement, the environment minister said late on Sunday, even as President Dilma Rousseff faces possible impeachment and lacks majority support in Congress. It is unclear if Congress would back the pledges of a government that may soon be …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on International Agreements on Climate Change, 26/04/2016. The Government of India has been successful in establishing bilateral relations with several countries on areas of environment, clean technology and climate change. Some of the major agreements in this area include agreement on cooperation on addressing climate …
Ethiopia on Friday signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the conuntry’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn inked the historic deal at the United Nations Headquarters where 175 world leaders signed the agreement. Speaking at the signing ceremony, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said …
Pretoria — The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa has signed the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations in New York. The Paris Agreement is universally regarded as a seminal point in the development of the international climate change regime under the United Nations Framework Convention on …
Tanzania is among the 175 United Nations member states that have signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which was reached under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015. Addressing the United Nations meeting on Friday, Tanzania's UN Permanent Representative, Ambassador Tuvako Manongi, pointed out that his …
The Japanese government formally decided Tuesday to sign the Paris Agreement, a long-sought international framework negotiated with the aim of making efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions legally binding. At a signing ceremony to be held Friday at the U.N. headquarters in New York, at least 130 countries, including major …
This 3rd edition of the ‘Twin Tracks: Developing Sustainably and Equitably in a Carbon-Constrained World‘ by CARE International and WWF International analyses the outcomes of the UNFCCC COP21 climate talks, and the UN post-2015 development framework processes, in particular the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The …
The US and China are leading a push to bring the Paris climate accord into force much faster than even the most optimistic projections – aided by a typographical glitch in the text of the agreement. More than 150 governments, including 40 heads of state, are expected at a symbolic …
DENR Secretary Ramon Paje is heading to New York to represent President Aquino in the formal signing of the Paris Agreement and to deliver the Philippine statement at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters on April 22. The covenant signifies the country’s commitment to curbing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas …
BRASÍLIA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As at least 130 countries prepare to sign the Paris climate agreement in New York later this month, environmental experts have warned that enthusiasm for climate change action may be waning in Brazil. The political and economic crises now rocking the Latin American heavyweight could …
Many nations are pushing for swift ratification of a Paris agreement to slow climate change and lock it in place for four years before a change in the White House next year that might bring a weakening of Washington's long-term commitment. More than 130 nations with 60 leaders including French …
The 22nd BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in New Delhi, India on 6 and 7 April 2016. The meeting was attended by H.E. Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India, H.E. Mr. Xie Zhenhua, Special Representative for Climate …
The United States and China confirmed Thursday that they will sign the Paris climate change agreement in New York on April 22, a move that officials hope will help the accord enter into force this year. The world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters issued a joint presidential statement in which …
This document compiles submissions made by several Parties and organizations, with the aim to encourage comprehensive risk management by the diffusion of information related to financial instruments and tools, addressing the risks of loss and damage, associated to climate change. A number of valuable lessons are reported from the application …
