Development and
Cooperation

SDG13

USA

The US needs to build back better

President Joe Biden so far has failed to get Congress to pass important climate policies

Climate crisis

Ban solar geoengineering

If a technology’s risks cannot be assessed, it must not be used – and certainly not globally

Democracy

Looming minority rule in the USA

Joe Biden’s global influence is diminished by an unrepresentative Senate

Financing

A push from development banks

Multilateral development banks play an important role for the economic recovery of Latin American and Caribbean countries

Latin America

Implementing a green recovery agenda

Latin America has room for improvement in using nature-based solutions, digitalising sectors, and improving transport and energy infrastructure

Green recovery

Reviving Latin American economies sustainably

Latin America and the Caribbean should focus its economic recovery budget on ‘green’ projects

Wildlife

New fund for conservation areas

Many conservation areas in income-poor world regions need better funding. KfW Development Bank has established a new tool to address this issue

Wildlife

Biodiversity conservation areas need better funding

Humanity depends on a diverse natural world but many important conservation areas are underfunded, especially in developing countries

Glasgow COP26

Climate crisis: 1.5° goal is alive, but comatose

COP26 decides to leave the most vulnerable people behind

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