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U.S. Faith-Based Coalition Calls on World Bank to Take Climate Action in the Time of COVID
20 May 2020
A coalition of faith-based organizations in the United States will launch a campaign tomorrow in support of Big Shift, a global effort calling on the World Bank to end all support for fossil fuels and shift investment to renewable energy access in the time of COVID-19 and beyond. The World Bank continues to subsidize fossil fuels, which fans the flames of the ongoing climate emergency, despite scientific evidence showing the impact of continued investment and usage of such fuels. The campaign, which will drive support for a petition to World Bank President David Malpass, begins tomorrow and will be promoted through May 24th.
Blog 13.05.20 – COVID-19 Recovery and Renewable Energy in Africa
13 May 2020
Eugene N Nforngwa – Thematic Lead for Just Transition and Energy Access at the Pan-African Climate and Environmental Justice Alliance (PACJA) and Programmes Advisor at the Africa Coalition for Sustainable Energy and Access (ACSEA) explains why renewable energy and a just recovery are vital in the Covid-19 response plans for Africa.
Blog 17.04.2020 – A Time to Change
17 Apr 2020
Responding to the coronavirus pandemic could be understood as a dress rehearsal for climate change. The impact of this virus exposes the fragilities in our current systems for health care, social security, food and sanitation, and climate change will place increased stress on these systems in the years and decades to come. To survive, our response to the crisis must increase our resilience and minimise climate change as much as possible.
World Bank Directors urged to intervene in Guyana’s oil development over conflict of interest
16 Apr 2020
World Bank Directors urged to intervene in Guyana’s oil development over conflict of interest
Blog: Multilateral Development Banks must implement a sustainable recovery from Covid-19
14 Apr 2020
The global response to the coronavirus crisis continues to gather pace and emergency responses supporting health services and economies are vital at this stage for many across the globe. Just like the Covid-19 crisis, the impacts of climate change will be felt more acutely by the poorest and most vulnerable people. It is vital that the stimulus packages supported by MDBs address this and respond to both crises.
In 2020, the power of people must defeat failing politics : Tasneem Essop, CAN Executive Director
25 Feb 2020
This blog first appeared as an article on Thomson Reuters Foundation —————————- We cannot cheer incrementalism when what we need is transformational change 2020 was pitched as a goalpost for climate ambition. A moment when the fog of political apathy would clear and governments moved by the mass strikes, the unwavering evidence from science and […]
MDBs fail to deliver on joint Paris Alignment promise at COP25
13 Dec 2019
Yesterday at COP25 the nine multilateral development banks (MDBs) provided a public update on their joint commitment to Paris Alignment. Though the group of banks first committed to a process to align their financial flows with a 1.5°C pathway in 2017, yesterday’s announcement provided few new details. The group of public banks — which includes the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank among others — indicated full implementation of their framework will not occur until 2023-2024 and did not include anticipated criteria for determining whether projects are Paris-aligned.
Voices From the Front Lines
13 Dec 2019
At COP24 in Katowice, 14 accredited participants were stopped at the border and denied entry into Poland so that they would not be able to attend the COP. These people were from the Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia. After 1 year, it is still a mystery to ECO on how the Polish authorities identified those […]
IEA: Where’s the 1.5°C Energy Roadmap We Need?
13 Dec 2019
As countries make plans to ramp up their NDCs, they need a 1.5°C scenario to help them chart a course away from fossil fuels. On Tuesday evening, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol took to the plenary stage for the Energy Day Ministerial meeting. Energy ministers from around the world shared the […]
NDCs
13 Dec 2019
Six long months ago CAN published a briefing on climate change and the SDGs which rightly sought to bring the discussion way beyond goal 13 on climate change. In this, it argued that efforts to achieve all the goals are dependent on efforts to respond to global heating. The clue is in the ‘sustainable”. Similarly, […]