An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on
The EBRD today issued an AUD 280 million Green Transition Bond, which was bought in full by Japan Post Insurance Co. This transaction is both the largest Green Transition Bond private placement issued by the EBRD and the first such placement to be bought solely by a Japanese investor.
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UN agencies are ramping up efforts on Tuesday to help communities in Mozambique hit hard by Tropical Cyclone Eloise, which barrelled through the country just three weeks after the devastating Tropical Storm Chalane.
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Almost two-thirds of over 1.2 million people surveyed worldwide say that climate change is a global emergency, urging greater action to address the crisis, results from a new UN climate survey revealed on Wednesday.
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A research team – the first to carry out a survey of global ice loss using satellite data – has discovered that the rate at which ice is disappearing across the planet is speeding up.
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Following the inauguration of United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday, the UN Secretary-General said he looks forward to an era of new leadership towards accelerating climate action, with the US back inside the landmark Paris Agreement.
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Ocean waste around the world is a major problem, and it’s one that hits especially close to home for Chilean plastics company Comberplast.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Jordan’s National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) with a US$ 100 million financing package to help the firm address working capital constraints by replacing short-term debt financing borrowed at the first peak of the Covid-19 crisis in the spring with a longer-term facility.
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When I visited Grannie as a wee boy in Aberdeen, Scotland, I remember coal being the heating fuel of choice. Bedtime meant a hot water bottle and clothes were washed by hand in the scullery.
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