ADB Launches New Carbon Fund to Incentivize Climate Investments
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) this week launched a new carbon fund, the Climate Action Catalyst Fund (CACF), at COP26.
The CACF will help ADB’s...
COVID-19 pandemic underlines need to strengthen resilience of health systems
COVID‑19 contributed to a 16% increase in the expected number of deaths in 2020 and the first half of 2021 across OECD countries. Life...
Building Enhanced Climate Ambitions with Renewable Energy
Energy sector remains the biggest contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions today, accounting for more than two-thirds of the total emissions. Therefore, transitioning...
Green light for two new COVID-19 therapeutics
European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given a positive opinion on two COVID-19 treatments - Ronapreve and Regkirona - identified by the Commission as promising...
Deloitte Wins 2021 ‘Digital Innovation of the Year’
Omnia's Trustworthy AI Module, Deloitte’s unique artificial intelligence evaluation technology, has been recognized as ‘Digital Innovation of the Year’ at the Digital Accountancy Forum...
Amid Record Sovereign Debt, Massive Gaps in Debt-Tracking Systems
At a time when sovereign debt in the poorest countries has surged to dangerously high levels, global and country-by-country systems for tracking it are...
Climate change increasing threats in southwest Pacific
From rising sea temperatures, to deadly and devastating storms and floods, climate change is increasing threats in the southwest Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization...
World food import bill to reach record high in 2021
The global food trade should hit an all-time record high in both volume and value terms, according to a new report released on Thursday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
By the end of 2021, the...
‘Wake-up call’ to assist DR Congo battle food insecurity
UN agencies raised the alarm on Wednesday over the growing food crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling for an urgent scaling-up of assistance.
The Food and Agriculture Organization...
Era free of fossil-fuel powered vehicles comes into focus at COP26
A world where every car, bus and truck sold is electric and affordable, where shipping vessels use only sustainable fuels, and where planes can...