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The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their spring meetings last week in Washington DC – a key event in a critical year for international climate finance.

China accounted for 95 per cent of the world’s new coal power construction activity in 2023, according to the latest annual report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM).

The loss and damage fund's success hinges on women's participation and recognising their uneven climate burden, rights groups say.

Last month, Germany became the first major economy to announce that it intends to introduce a target to reach “net-negative” emissions later this century.

By Josh Gabbatiss

By Joydeep Gupta

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Dialogue Earth

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Climate activists will keep pushing on – but they don’t deserve the treatment they’re getting. By Andrew Firmin

In today’s fragmented world, the Loss and Damage Fund could easily be derailed. But it is in our common interest to assist the most climate-vulnerable countries with recovery and reconstruction. By Monique Barbut and Robert Filipp

Workers worldwide will need the expertise and resources to drive the fossil fuel-free agenda forward. By Henry White

What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia's agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse? By Gabriela Fernando and Samanthi Gunawardana

By Dilys Roe

By Vera Songwe and Ishac Diwan

By Johan Rockström

By Sheikh Hasina

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Juice Media parody ad mocking government inaction on climate change

We're screwed, claims a government parody ad, as politicians drag their heels on climate change. Taking a shot at the Australian government, the video exposes the absurdity of longstanding political inaction to address the climate crisis and puts out a not-so-subtle call for collective action.

Various female groups and leaders, spearheaded by the UN Women, gathered at the sidelines of the on-going climate conference to highlight the specific consequences of global warming on women, as well as the climate action they can pioneer

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In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.

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