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Climate change is pushing the poorest countries further into debt. Can insurance fix it?

Ritu Bharadwaj
09 May 2023

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World Bank must get behind climate finance mechanisms that see funds go directly to hardest hit countries

Isatou F Camara
06 April 2023

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Trade and sustainable development

June 2022 - June 2024

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COP28 leaders pledge to make climate finance 'available, accessible and affordable'

01 December 2023

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Building political ambition for adaptation at COP28 and beyond

UnaMay Gordon
01 December 2023

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Wanted: finance management agent for Uganda

12 October 2023

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Why does gender matter in a ‘just transition’?

Event on 26 October 2023

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News

Private investors profiting from $200 billion of bond debt in climate-vulnerable developing countries

05 October 2023

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News

Vulnerable island nations turning to pricey private debt as climate disasters escalate

13 September 2023

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Grants for developing nations to address climate change outweighed two to one by new debt

07 September 2023

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Resilient prosperity in SIDS: forging a new finance compact

Tom Mitchell
29 August 2023

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