Eco-Business

Ahead of COP31’s opening on Monday, Brazil’s voluntary roadmap faces fossil fuel expansion and transition disputes, as rising adaptation costs strain countries’ ability to protect communities.

Meant to pay countries for keeping forests standing, the fund has an interim charter, a board, a World Bank home… and insufficient funds.

Brazil will chair a new body in an ambitious effort to align the world’s fragmented carbon markets – despite its own not launching until 2030.

The former US vice president said the economics of clean energy, rising climate risks and China’s growing role are accelerating the energy transition despite political turbulence.

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Oleh Amanda Magnani

Oleh Nerabung Kulung

Oleh Tom Baxter

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For decades, the international community has acknowledged the extraordinary value of tropical forests while failing to invest adequately in their conservation. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility, launched at last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, could help close this financing gap. Oleh Carlos Nobre dan Lee White

Kebijakan & Keuangan

War and climate

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz showed how quickly a regional conflict can throw global energy markets into chaos. By pushing governments toward coal and biofuels, the war could accelerate deforestation and undermine climate negotiations, with environmental consequences that will linger long after the fighting ends. Oleh Carlos Nobre, Johan Rockström dan Robert Muggah

recent geopolitical events have underlined the vulnerability of fossil fuel dependency, including on exporting nations, like Australia.

Electrification and cleaner global supply chains can deliver immediate emissions cuts while building the economic foundations for a fair and lasting transition away from fossil fuels. Oleh Janaline Oh

The war in the Gulf has unleashed powerful market forces that the rest of the world can harness to accelerate electrification and keep the Paris climate agreement's primary objectives on track. Doing so will not only mitigate climate change, but also strengthen economic resilience worldwide. Oleh Murat Kurum

Oleh Bård Harstad

Oleh Julie McCarthy

Oleh Kilaparti Ramakrishna

Oleh Stefanos Fotiou

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At the close of COP30, nations agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035, while the fund for loss and damage appeared to remain sidelined. Lidy Nacpil, a long-time attendee of the climate conference, explains why.

With clear climate policies and actions, nations across Asia, Africa and Latin America are filling the vacuum left by the United States. This article features the second half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the climate COPs.

Getting climate finance on the agenda for COP30 negotiations is expected to be contentious. This article features the first half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the annual United Nations climate conference.

Ani Dasgupta, CEO of World Resources Institute

The chief executive of World Resources Institute also told the Eco-Business Podcast that the gutting of USAID is less of a concern than how to unlock private capital for climate and nature in developing countries.

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