UN’s green bank has been talked up, but few know exactly when, or how, it will really open for business. “It’s not particularly high profile. No is the short answer.” That was the answer Nathan Goode, Head of Energy, Cleantech & Sustainability at Grant Thornton gave when asked if the UN’s flagship climate change fund was the talk of boardrooms across the … [Read more...]
Building on Durban’s climate change momentum
Ministers and high-level officials from 32 countries that met informally in Bonn on 4-5 May have expressed determination to build on the strong momentum of the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban to curb greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change. One of the central outcomes of the meeting in South Africa, at the end of last year, was … [Read more...]
COP17 succumbed to Climate Apartheid
Decisions resulting from the UN COP17 climate summit in Durban constitute a crime against humanity, according to Climate Justice Now! a broad coalition of social movements and civil society. Here in South Africa, where the world was inspired by the liberation struggle of the country’s black majority, the richest nations have cynically created a new regime of climate … [Read more...]
