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In his third letter, COP31 president Murat Kurum unveils the Climate Implementation Bridge, an initiative to help countries translate national climate plans into concrete, investment-ready projects. Can Türkiye and co-chair Australia mobilise the finance and project-preparation capacity countries need?

With no seat at the negotiating table, Brazil’s Indigenous movement is pushing for change using marches and underground policy proposals.

The country’s new climate finance policy must be a pathway to access climate funds, not another bureaucratic hurdle.

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Developing countries are mobilising more and more climate finance but neglecting their lowest-income peers.

By Fermín Koop

By Isa Lim

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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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. By 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. By Murat Kurum

Although the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) that emerged from the last United Nations Climate Conference is unlikely to succeed, critically important global conservation efforts are not doomed. By Bård Harstad

Despite political gridlock within countries and at global summits, climate change and ecological degradation are creating undeniable economic momentum. As renewables scale up, fossil fuels will become even less competitive; and as ecosystems degrade, markets will price in the risks and reward those who adapt. By Julie McCarthy

By Kilaparti Ramakrishna

By Stefanos Fotiou

By Dunio Chiriap Jimbicti

By Jason Judd and Kalpona Akter

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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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