Tag: Global Goals

The USA’s Senate has passed a package worth £369bn of green energy measures to reduce inflation and tackle climate change. The implications for American energy infrastructure are big.

In February 2022, the international engineering business federation FIDIC launched a new policy and programme for diversity and inclusion. Six months on, we talk with FIDIC CEO Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE (NO) about how it is going and why this is so important. 

At the recent US-Africa Business Summit, the AfDB president called for investment in Africa not to help Africa, but to solve the world’s net zero challenge. So, how crucial could Africa be in tackling climate change?

New framework uses pre-and-post shock vulnerability data to identify the best recovery path and the investment need for small and vulnerable states.

The 2022 Aid Transparency Index reports a gradual improvement across many organisations as it names the AfDB, World Bank, ADB and IDB the most transparent. 

Asia and the Pacific is responsible for over 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions and has many of the most severely affected small island nations and vulnerable populations. 

Green Investment Group (GIG) and Bluestone Energy have entered into an agreement to develop up to 2GW of UK battery storage projects.

New report says Türkiye can reap $146bn over 20 years if it boosts climate resilience and adaptation and mitigates greenhouse gases across its economy.

Climate change will now rise above 1.5°C but the launch of global verification of green infrastructure, and fast-rises in renewable energy and sustainable finance offer hope 

UK's Carbon Trust has launched the first of 16 new research and development (R&D) projects this year, with more to follow this month.