What is blue finance?
To have a sustainable ocean (or ‘blue’) economy, we need an economic and financial system that can channel financial flows into ocean-related activities. These flows are known as ‘blue finance’. The...
View ArticleWhat are ‘critical minerals’ and what is their significance for climate...
Identifying ‘critical minerals’ Minerals, or more broadly, raw materials, might be described as ‘critical’ if they are considered to have a role in a country’s strategically important economic...
View ArticleHow do climate policy and carbon border adjustments affect international trade?
It is important to understand how climate policy affects trade so that international cooperation and standards can be enhanced to ensure that trade is a positive, not a negative, influence on climate...
View ArticleHow does trade contribute to climate change and how can it advance climate...
Trade is a significant generator of greenhouse gas emissions but it can also be harnessed to help reduce the cost of climate change mitigation and speed up the low-carbon transition. One aspect of...
View ArticleWhat is ‘non-economic’ loss and damage (NELD)?
Economic versus non-economic loss and damage In the field of climate policy, loss and damage (sometimes referred to as ‘losses and damages’) refers broadly to the adverse impacts of climate change on...
View ArticleWhat opportunities and risks does AI present for climate action?
The net zero transition and the digital transformation are the two most powerful forces of the 21st century. There are promising signs that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can support climate action, but...
View ArticleWhat is deep-sea mining and how is it connected to the net zero transition?
The mining of the deep seabed, at depths of 2,000 metres and greater, is increasingly being considered as a potential solution to the expected global shortage of so-called ‘transition-critical’ raw...
View ArticleWhat is the Global Stocktake?
The Global Stocktake (GST) is a comprehensive assessment of the world’s progress on climate action. Anchored in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, it is intended to inform Parties to the Agreement on...
View ArticleWhat is meant by intergenerational climate justice?
A multidimensional concept with emerging guidelines and principles Climate change is an inherently intergenerational issue: its adverse impacts, driven by human activity, pose serious implications for...
View ArticleWhat are sustainability-linked bonds and how can they help developing countries?
Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) are a new and increasingly popular kind of conservation finance. They emerged in 2019 through private sector issuances but are used in both the public and private...
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