Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 5/2021

Climate action

Biden administration

Biden is respoding to climate activists

How demands for a Green New Deals are inspiring White House policymaking

Weather forecasts

Waiting for rain – and advice

Crop farmer Elinat Daka relies on nature for a good yield, and timely weather-based advice would help

Uganda

More malaria and infectious diseases

Uganda fears a decline in public health as a result of climate change

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Governance

Connecting all dots

Tangible examples of climate collaboration across government levels deserve policymakers’ attention

Agriculture

Crop insurance and weather forecasting are closely linked

Crop insurance and more accurate weather forecasts will help farmers to cope with climate change

Collaborative Climate Action

Aspiration enhancing cooperation

Governments at all levels must cooperate to achieve climate goals

USA

Scaling up the USA’s climate ambitions

US President Joe Biden is eager to reassert his country’s leadership, including in the response to global warming

UNDP

After Covid-19 pandemic, "build forward better"

UNDP Administrator Steiner discusses progress on transition to prosperous low-carbon economies

Our view

Negative emissions to get to net zero

Governments must rise to their responsibility

SIDS

Mauritian minister warns: “It is a matter of life and death”

Small island developing states are hardly responsible for climate change but most affected

Climate impacts

To prevent death and destruction, accept climate science

Bangladeshi climate expert spells out expectations for next global summit on global warming

Decarbonisation

A carbon tax should promote redistribution

Redistribution is essential to the success of energy-price reforms in developing countries