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Indigenous lands are crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. Research shows their health is a direct result of Indigenous stewardship.

RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Built on new WRI research, this calculator was designed by WRI's Living Lab to help decision-makers compare and project which behavioral interventions move the needle on climate. Unlike popularized personal carbon calculators that tally one person's choices, this tool measures the potential impact of decisions that affect millions.

RECOMMANDÉ CAUSES ÉCONOMIE

Institutional investors hold $6,500,000,000,000 trillion in coal, oil and gas companies. We track who holds what and make that data available to everyone.

IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

A modelling study published in Communications Earth & Environment in June 2025 found that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could begin an irreversible collapse at ocean temperatures between zero and 0.25°C above current…

IMPACTS

L'Europe affronte cette semaine une nouvelle vague de chaleur qui s'accentue. Elle contraint plusieurs pays à prendre des mesures, notamment des fermetures d'écoles en France et des annulations de trains en Belgique lundi.

IMPACTS

In den nächsten Tagen dürften die Schweizer Gletscher ihre Winterreserven aufgebraucht haben.

IMPACTS

Die Hitzewelle in der Schweiz dauert an. Wegen anhaltender Trockenheit rufen mehrere Schweizer Gemeinden die Bevölkerung zum Wassersparen auf.

IMPACTS

Die Hitzewelle hat die Schweiz fest im Griff. In vielen Regionen herrscht bereits extreme Trockenheit. Ein Blick auf die Prognosen zeigt: Es wird schlimmer.

IMPACTS

Die hohen Wassertemperaturen verändern Schweizer Seen: weniger Sauerstoff, mehr Algen und Keime sowie steigender Aufwand für die Trinkwasseraufbereitung.

IMPACTS TECH. & ÉNERGIE

La centrale nucléaire de Beznau doit réduire la production d'électricité en raison de la canicule. L'eau du fleuve qui l'alimente est devenue trop chaude.

IMPACTS TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Der grösste Schweizer Energiekonzern Axpo fährt die Leistung beider Reaktorblöcke des AKW Beznau herunter. Grund dafür ist die immer wärmere Aare.

IMPACTS

More than half of Ayetoro – a Christian utopia founded in the 1940s – has been lost to the ocean, and its remaining people are running out of options

IMPACTS

The warming caused by climate breakdown in the landlocked east Asian country is transforming its fragile ecosystem

IMPACTS

UN’s World Food Programme and agriculture agency issue joint appeal for funds to avert global hunger crisis before it happens

IMPACTS JUSTICE CLIM.

Forced to stay home or switch jobs, working mothers are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis as classes go online for weeks or months at a time

IMPACTS JUSTICE CLIM.

In HBO documentary The Welcome Table, director Josh Fox brings together people from across the world whose lives have been dramatically altered by the climate crisis

IMPACTS

Researchers say it is ‘quite wild’ to see fires at such high northern latitudes happen so early in the year

IMPACTS

Temperature of 36.1C recorded in Hampshire, while two-thirds of Europe’s population experience temperatures above 30C

IMPACTS

Kaum eine Metropole ist vom Klimawandel so bedroht wie die Hauptstadt Thailands. Doch bei der Gouverneurswahl am Sonntag bleibt der Klimaschutz ein Randthema.

IMPACTS

The United Nations predicted in March that the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel war with Iran could leave an additional 45 million people facing acute hunger. But Follow the Money's analysis of the projection, and interviews with food experts, suggest the real toll could be much higher.

IMPACTS TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Die Speicherseen sind nur zu einem Drittel gefüllt – vorerst rettet die Gletscherschmelze die Lage. Doch was passiert, wenn das Eis weg ist?

IMPACTS

Für das heutige Schweizer Klima ist die aktuelle Hitzewelle ein Extremfall. Wie eine extreme Hitzewelle in Zukunft aussehen könnte, zeigt eine neue Studie – vorstellen möchte man sich das lieber nicht.

IMPACTS

Mitten in der Hitzewelle zeigen Klimadaten: Zwischen Hotspot und kühler Oase liegen oft nur wenige Gehminuten.

IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ

A modelling study published in Communications Earth & Environment in June 2025 found that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could begin an irreversible collapse at ocean temperatures between zero and 0.25°C above current…

IMPACTS

Sizilien war schon für die Römer wichtig für die Ernährung. Bis heute, exportiert die grösste Insel Italiens nicht nur Getreide, sondern auch Zitronen, Orangen und viel Gemüse – auch in die Schweiz. Doch nun droht ein grosser Teil der ertragreichen Böden zur Wüste zu werden.

IMPACTS

Um 2 bis 3 Grad hat sich das Wasser in Schweizer Gewässern bereits erwärmt, das zeigen neueste Daten. Für die Wasserversorger ist das ein Problem – auch Forschende zeigen sich besorgt.

IMPACTS

New research has identified areas around the world where cooler currents and other favorable conditions are helping to protect coral from the worst effects of global warming.

CAUSES

The burning of fossil fuels is raising temperatures worldwide, but local factors, on land and at sea, determine which regions warm most rapidly.

CAUSES

The UN Secretary-General urges drastic reductions in methane emissions, starting with the energy sector, to limit an expected overshoot of global warming beyond 1.5C

CAUSES

UN chief António Guterres says big AI firms should disclose the emissions, water and energy use of their data centres amid community opposition

CAUSES

SpaceX's $1.75 trillion IPO has just created the world's first trillionaire. But for families in Morgan County, Georgia and Boxtown in South Memphis, the AI investment rush seems to look rather different: brown water, diesel fumes, and higher bills. This week, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson take on the data centre boom - now one of the fastest-moving forces in the global energy system. – Podcast Outrage + Optimism: 49 Min.

CAUSES

Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of any country on Earth. But the type of oil it has is difficult, and dirty, to process. Experts say ramping up production would be expensive, and dangerous for the climate and environment.

CAUSES

A pair of proposals from the Trump administration would lower costs and weaken requirements for fossil fuel companies that drill on federal property.

CAUSES

The bloc’s pollution-slashing efforts have been stagnating in recent years.

CAUSES

Voici un bon exemple illustrant comment le titre d'un communiqué de presse de l'Office fédéral de l'énergie minimise un problème : un titre plus approprié serait « Plus de 60 % des voitures neuves émettent trop ». La journaliste Alexandra Tiefenbacher l'explique ici sur LinkedIn (en allemand).

CAUSES

Ein gutes Beispiel, wie der Titel einer Medienmitteilung des Bundesamts für Energie einen Missstand beschönigt: Passender wäre der Titel «Mehr als 60% aller neuen Personenwagen emittieren zu viel». Die Klimajournalistin Alexandra Tiefenbacher erläutert es hier auf LinkedIn.

RECOMMANDÉ CAUSES ÉCONOMIE

Institutional investors hold $6,500,000,000,000 trillion in coal, oil and gas companies. We track who holds what and make that data available to everyone.

CAUSES

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Les températures très élevées prévues jusqu’à mardi conduisent les cantons de Genève et Vaud à activer l’alerte canicule dès ce jeudi 18 juin

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

La canicule s’installe en Suisse. De la France à l’Allemagne, en passant par l’Espagne et le Royaume-Uni, l’Europe étouffe. Comment s’adapter? Présentation de quelques pistes glanées sur trois continents

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Alors que le thermomètre s’affole en Suisse romande, la gestion de la canicule ravive le débat sur la surchauffe des bâtiments scolaires. Les départements de l’instruction publique misent sur la flexibilité, entraînant plusieurs établissements romands à renvoyer les élèves chez eux

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Deux ans après les intempéries meurtrières dans le Val Mesolcina, le canton des Grisons publie l'analyse de la catastrophe naturelle qui a fait deux victimes. Une personne est toujours portée disparue. Les cartes de dangers naturels dans la vallée sont en révision.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

La professeure ordinaire en politiques urbaines et de l’environnement à l’Université de Genève interviewé par la RTS (11 min.).

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Die Hoffnung ist riesig: CO₂ aus der Luft filtern und so den Klimawandel bremsen. Doch eine neue Studie zeigt, wie gewaltig die Herausforderung tatsächlich ist

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

De plus en plus d'acteurs de l'industrie misent sur le captage du CO2 pour atteindre les objectifs climatiques qu'ils se sont fixés, mais il y a un problème.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Do we really want to play dice with our planet?

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Following a devastating heatwave in 2003 that killed 15,000, France has adopted four alert levels to help people cope with extreme temperatures, says Helen Massy-Beresford, a British journalist and editor who lives in Paris

RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Indigenous lands are crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. Research shows their health is a direct result of Indigenous stewardship.

LIVRES MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Asking if the world grows enough food is the wrong kind of question. It leads to the wrong kind of answer. We don’t need to produce more food. We need to produce more farms: places where communities of living beings can thrive.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

In der Schweiz könnten die Temperaturen künftig über 45 Grad steigen. In Indien sind solche Werte bereits Realität. Welche unerwarteten Probleme das mit sich bringt.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Data from restoration projects across Africa shows how the benefits of land restoration extend far beyond ecosystems, creating new jobs, higher incomes and stronger communities.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Which interventions can make transformative impacts in shifting sustainable behavior? A new tool helps decision-makers answer that question.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Europe's carbon capture and storage ambitions are starting to flag

RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Built on new WRI research, this calculator was designed by WRI's Living Lab to help decision-makers compare and project which behavioral interventions move the needle on climate. Unlike popularized personal carbon calculators that tally one person's choices, this tool measures the potential impact of decisions that affect millions.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Durch den Klimawandel verstärken sich Hitze, Trockenheit und Starkniederschäge. Für die Landwirtschaft wird die Wasserversorgung entsprechend zu einer immer grösseren Herausforderung. Wie umgehen damit? Die Reportage von einem Hof im luzernischen Hofstatt im Napfgebiet.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Wer hat Priorität, wenn das Wasser knapp wird, und ist die Schweiz für Trockenheit gewappnet? Die wichtigsten Antworten.

POLITIQUE

Le pays connaissant un épisode de canicule particulièrement intense, les propositions sur les manières de s’adapter à la situation se multiplient. Alors que les hautes températures auraient pu mettre le réchauffement climatique au centre, cette notion reste quasi absente du débat public

POLITIQUE

Une coalition regroupant plusieurs associations environnementales et de riverains s'oppose au projet d'élargissement de l'autoroute de contournement de Genève entre Perly et Vernier. Alors qu'un premier tronçon (Perly-Bernex) vient d'être soumis à consultation, elle critique les "impacts très négatifs" pour Genève et sa population.

POLITIQUE

Vor der COP im Herbst treffen sich Delegationen der teilnehmenden Länder so wie jedes Jahr zu Vorverhandlungen in Bonn. Man kennt sich.

POLITIQUE

Thomas Burgherr startet eine Klimaanlagen-Offensive – damit es in Wohnungen, Büros und Fabriken kühler wird. Warum SP-Nationalrätin Gabriela Suter von dieser Idee nicht begeistert ist.

JUSTICE CLIM. POLITIQUE

Auf der Bonner Vorbereitungskonferenz zum Klimagipfel COP 31 ging es zwei Wochen lang um die Frage, wer wie viel finanzielle Mittel für Klimagerechtigkeit bereitstellt. Der Streit könnte auf dem Gipfel in der Türkei weiter eskalieren.

POLITIQUE

Um Krieg und Energiekrise ging es beim G7-Gipfel in Évian, ums Klima bei der UN-Vorkonferenz in Bonn. Beide Treffen blieben unter ihren Möglichkeiten. Dabei liegt die Lösung auf der Hand, es fehlt nur das Selbstbewusstsein der Regierungen, damit der Trumpismus ausgedient hat.

ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE

While the SNP’s recent issues put off some voters, the Tories’ support for North Sea oil drilling proved more decisive

POLITIQUE

Prime minister was forced to row back on some policies despite strong support among voters for climate action

ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE

Kemi Badenoch, who joined US anti-abortion activists and European far-right parties at ARC, described energy secretary Ed Miliband as a ‘villain’

POLITIQUE

A major ocean conference has ended in Mombasa, Kenya, with just a handful of countries committing to high-level political declarations

POLITIQUE

The two co-hosts want the gathering of over 60 governments in Colombia to be reflected in the official UNFCCC climate process

POLITIQUE

A group of dozens of countries seeks to build momentum for a COP31 pledge to electrify 35% of global energy use by 2035 as an alternative to fossil fuels

POLITIQUE

With promises to lift a ban on oil and gas exploration and scale back renewables support, Colombia’s new Tiger President could threaten the country’s clean energy shift

POLITIQUE

Frankreich gilt als Hotspot der europäischen Hitzewelle. Marine Le Pen nutzt die Rekordtemperaturen, um eine Debatte zur Klimatisierung zu lancieren.

POLITIQUE

Splits between developed and developing countries over finance and science held back progress on key areas of climate action, leaving disappointment and much work for COP31

POLITIQUE

Die Klima-Allianz fordert ein stärkeres Engagement für den Klimaschutz von den Gemeinden. Laut einer Analyse des Zusammenschlusses von Umweltverbänden hat weniger als ein Drittel der grösseren Orte eine ausreichende Energieplanung.

JUSTICE CLIM. POLITIQUE

Auf der Bonner Vorbereitungskonferenz zum Klimagipfel COP 31 ging es zwei Wochen lang um die Frage, wer wie viel finanzielle Mittel für Klimagerechtigkeit bereitstellt. Der Streit könnte auf dem Gipfel in der Türkei weiter eskalieren.

IMPACTS JUSTICE CLIM.

Forced to stay home or switch jobs, working mothers are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis as classes go online for weeks or months at a time

IMPACTS JUSTICE CLIM.

In HBO documentary The Welcome Table, director Josh Fox brings together people from across the world whose lives have been dramatically altered by the climate crisis

IMPACTS TECH. & ÉNERGIE

La centrale nucléaire de Beznau doit réduire la production d'électricité en raison de la canicule. L'eau du fleuve qui l'alimente est devenue trop chaude.

IMPACTS TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Der grösste Schweizer Energiekonzern Axpo fährt die Leistung beider Reaktorblöcke des AKW Beznau herunter. Grund dafür ist die immer wärmere Aare.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

G7 countries want to reduce their reliance on China for minerals and protect supplies from geopolitical interests but experts see few benefits for developing nations

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Though marketed as clean energy, industrial pellet plants are driving deforestation, worsening floods, and polluting rural counties.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

The latest on energy, climate and affordability, by Bill McKibben.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

His humiliating defeat in Iran has sealed the deal – column by Paul Krugman

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

The world has turned a corner, offering a new and improved view

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

The oil market will move into a significant supply surplus in 2027 after recovering from ​the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly oil market report on Wednesday.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Homeowners and businesses in Southeast Asia, which relies heavily on imported oil, are installing rooftop solar panels to reduce the sting of soaring energy costs.

IMPACTS TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Die Speicherseen sind nur zu einem Drittel gefüllt – vorerst rettet die Gletscherschmelze die Lage. Doch was passiert, wenn das Eis weg ist?

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Die AEE Suisse zeigt auf, welche Speicherkapazitäten die Schweiz bis 2050 für ein sicheres und kostengünstiges Stromsystem benötigt. Gleichzeitig werden im Energiespeicherplan die Herausforderungen beim Ausbau der Technologien deutlich.

ÉCONOMIE

L'envolée des prix du pétrole provoquée par la guerre israélo-américaine contre l'Iran pèsera davantage sur les perspectives économiques en Suisse qu'anticipé dans les dernières projections, au mois de mars, selon le Centre d'études conjoncturelles (KOF).

ÉCONOMIE

El orden mundial se ha visto alterado, y es poco probable que las economías simplemente retomen las actividades que tenían antes de que EE. UU. e Israel empezaran a bombardear Irán.

ÉCONOMIE

Professor Steve Keen was one of the few economists to realise that a serious economic crisis was imminent in 2005. He is now working on a new model of economics for a post-crash world. He joined me today to discuss why and how capitalism needs to be constrained, the economics of climate change and what mainstream economists and academics are getting wrong—to the detriment of us all.

RECOMMANDÉ CAUSES ÉCONOMIE

Institutional investors hold $6,500,000,000,000 trillion in coal, oil and gas companies. We track who holds what and make that data available to everyone.

ACTIVISME

A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups and private security forces.

DROIT & LITIGE

But a $345 million U.S. verdict against the environmental group hangs over the case.

SCIENCES

Carbon Brief’s Project Cosmos is a major collaborative effort to build the world’s largest and most complete database of climate change research.

SCIENCES

Detlef van Vuuren is one of the world’s leading climate modellers and, as a result, a high-profile focus of his life’s work – the “RCP8.5” scenario – has recently been targeted as “wrong, wrong, wrong” by Donald Trump.

SCIENCES

Phillipe Ciais has spent almost four decades researching the planet’s carbon cycle – and the ways in which humans have been impacting its balance. Based at the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement on the outskirts of Paris, Ciais has been listed as an author on almost 1,300 peer-reviewed studies. In fact, analysis of Carbon Brief’s Cosmos database reveals that he is the most highly cited climate scientist in the world.

ANTI-CLIMAT SCIENCES

The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments.

MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.

Alors qu’on suffoque ces jours dans toute l’Europe et que des records de chaleur sont battus au quotidien, l’exigence s’impose d’une économie écosocialiste qui répond à des critères de justice sociale et d’équilibre environnemental, écrit Claude Calame, directeur d’études, EHESS, Paris

ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE

While the SNP’s recent issues put off some voters, the Tories’ support for North Sea oil drilling proved more decisive

ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE

Kemi Badenoch, who joined US anti-abortion activists and European far-right parties at ARC, described energy secretary Ed Miliband as a ‘villain’

ANTI-CLIMAT

Senators saved the Ocean Observatories Initiative from "supreme stupidity." But other cutting-edge efforts are running out of funding, too.

ANTI-CLIMAT

It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects.

ANTI-CLIMAT SCIENCES

The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments.

ANTI-CLIMAT

Hitze, Waldbrände, Überschwemmungen – warum schaffen wir es als Gesellschaft nicht, den Klimawandel aufzuhalten? Ein Vortrag der Wissenschaftsphilosophin Anna Leuschner. – Podcast 35 Min.

CULTURE & EDUC.

Als Teil der Manifesta 16 Ruhr wird das Projekt Radical Climate Action Bird von Dennis Siering ab dem 21. Juni 2026 in Gelsenkirchen zu sehen sein. Aus diesem Anlass haben wir uns mit dem Künstler über sein Werk, die gesellschaftliche Rolle von Kunst sowie das Erstarken autoritärer Strömungen unter den Vorzeichen der ökologischen Krisen unterhalten.

CULTURE & EDUC.

What does it mean to be ecological?

LIVRES MITIGATION & ADAPT.

Asking if the world grows enough food is the wrong kind of question. It leads to the wrong kind of answer. We don’t need to produce more food. We need to produce more farms: places where communities of living beings can thrive.

JUSTICE CLIM.

As rising oil prices make the case for renewables, experts say the World Bank and IMF must accelerate the shift to solar and wind. And it has raised fresh questions about climate-finance obligations, already under strain from donor-country budget cuts

ANTI-CLIMAT

Developing countries face possible shelving of crucial green action plan at IMF and World Bank spring meetings

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

The decision, a major reversal, could help poorer nations industrialize, cut planet-warming emissions and boost U.S. competitiveness on next-generation reactors.

ÉCONOMIE

The Trump administration’s deep cuts to clean-energy programs are raising concerns about U.S. commitments to the lender.

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

The poor state of many networks across Africa is slowing growth in renewable electricity provision, while off-grid solar may be faster and cheaper for rural areas

TECH. & ÉNERGIE

Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called the project “foundational to everything.”

CAUSES

The bank has advised wealthy nations to cut subsidies for high-emissions foods but stopped far short of promoting veganism

JUSTICE CLIM.

The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF are a chance to transform outstanding debts for fossil fuel projects into grants for renewable energy systems

JUSTICE CLIM.

World Bank and IMF urged to back plan at Spring Meetings.

ÉCONOMIE

The World Bank has officially expanded its mission to include climate change, while pushing ahead with reforms that could unlock additional funding and cheaper loans for green projects.

ÉCONOMIE

The World Bank is seeking to persuade governments to take money away from subsidies for fossil fuels and invest it in good causes like climate change.

ÉCONOMIE

Russia, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have urged the World Bank to keep funding fossil fuel as a way to guarantee energy access across the world, as the lender pursues green reforms.

Poor countries will be able to pause their debt repayments if hit by climate disaster, under plans announced by the World Bank at the finance summit in Paris.

ÉCONOMIE

The World Bank’s insurance arm is working on plans to protect carbon offsetting projects against political risks in developing countries as a growing number of governments seek to impose new rules onto the market.

ÉCONOMIE

Ajay Banga officially became the 14th president of the World Bank on Friday and urged staff to join him in developing a “new playbook” for a global institution whose relevance has come into question in recent years. The ascension of Mr.

ÉCONOMIE

Ajay Banga, President Biden’s pick to be president of the World Bank and broaden its ambitions to combat climate change, was approved by its executive board on Wednesday. Mr. Banga will assume the job on June 2 and succeed David Malpass, who was nominated by former President Donald J.

A broad group of low and middle-income countries has called for governments to give more money to the World Bank, in an effort to ramp up climate finance.

ÉCONOMIE

The World Bank’s steering committee and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday called for further reforms this year to expand the bank’s ability to respond to climate change, pandemics and other crises that are reversing development gains.

ANTI-CLIMAT

Saudi Arabia and Russia have called on the World Bank to ramp up its financial support for carbon capture and storage.

ÉCONOMIE

BENGALURU, India — The Biden administration nominated Ajay Banga, the former longtime chief executive of Mastercard, to be the next president of the World Bank, a selection that is likely to drastically reshape the global development institution and broaden its ambitions to combat climate change.

ÉCONOMIE

The World Bank’s plan to loosen its spending rules and lend more money to climate projects in developing countries does not go far enough, according to officials and campaigners.

MITIGATION & ADAPT.

When it was announced, the World Bank’s Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency Project (Sweep) was touted as one of the lifelines that would help Pakistan’s biggest city, Karachi, with its urban flooding nightmare. But that hasn’t happened.

RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT. POLITIQUE

Last year was shaped by events that barely anyone predicted – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, horrendous floods in Pakistan and a hard-fought breakthrough on finance for victims of climate disaster.

ÉCONOMIE

The World Bank is considering making climate action more central to its mission, according to a draft “evolution roadmap” drawn up by bank staff.

POLITIQUE

Früher war eine Million noch viel Geld. Dann wurde begonnen, mit Milliarden zu rechnen.

Klimareporter°: Herr Persaud, Sie wollen Tausende Milliarden in den Klimaschutz investieren. Ist das nicht etwas zu ehrgeizig? Avinash Persaud: Unser Ziel ist es, die Menschen zu schockieren, damit sie den richtigen Maßstab finden. Wir sind nicht auf einen bestimmten Plan festgelegt.

RECOMMANDÉ JUSTICE CLIM.

Last month at COP27, the U.N. climate change conference, a yearslong campaign ended in an agreement.

ÉCONOMIE

David Malpass has faced continuing criticism from those who question his commitment to climate action as well as the bank’s track record. Gelles is with a team of New York Times reporters in Egypt covering the United Nations climate summit.

POLITIQUE

A group of 10 major economies are building momentum to scale-up climate finance for developing countries by reforming how development banks spend money, starting with the largest: the World Bank.

ÉCONOMIE

The World Bank has come under fire for failing to show that its claimed spending on the climate crisis is real, in a report suggesting up to 40% of its reported climate-related spending is impossible to account for. Of $17.

ANTI-CLIMAT

The World Bank has provided nearly $15bn of finance directly to fossil fuel projects since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015, and is likely to have spurred far greater investment indirectly, new research has found.

ANTI-CLIMAT

Climate activists are calling on President Biden to take steps to fire David Malpass, the head of the World Bank, after he publicly waffled on whether he believes that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are causing climate change, saying "I'm not a scientist.

ANTI-CLIMAT

Weltbankpräsident David Malpass steht wegen Äusserungen zur Klimapolitik unter Druck. «Wir sind mit den Äusserungen von Präsident Malpass nicht einverstanden», sagte die Sprecherin des Weissen Hauses, Karine Jean-Pierre, am Freitag in Washington.

ÉCONOMIE

Beim Jahrestreffen der Weltbank und des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) in dieser Woche in Marrakesch haben die Mitgliedsländer der Weltbank deren Aufgabe neu definiert.

ÉCONOMIE

Das globale Finanzsystem muss reformiert werden, um vor den aktuellen Herausforderungen zu bestehen. Klima- und Schuldenkrise erfordern eine Kapitalerhöhung. Darum geht es beim Treffen von Währungsfonds und Entwicklungsbanken in Marrakesch.