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Nicaragua taps 70 MW solar project to boost water access
June 30, 2025—Work has begun on Nicaragua’s largest solar energy project, the 70 MW Enesolar-3 plant in Nindirí, with an $83 million investment support from

Major Reforms to IMF, Global Tax Rules Needed to Bridge Climate Investment Gap
June 30, 2025—A new policy brief authored by Daniel Titelman, Marilou Uy, and Amar Bhattacharya from the Task Force on Climate, Development, and the International

Why We Should Protect High Seas From All Extraction, Forever
June 30, 2025—As the UN Oceans Conference opened in Nice, France, in early June, a landmark paper published in the prestigious journal Nature, led by

Escaping the Debt Doom Loop: Unlocking $454 Billion for V20 Countries
June 30, 2025—The Third Edition of the V20 Debt Review reveals that V20 countries would have been 20% wealthier today in terms of GDP had

CVF-V20, UNOPS Mark Progress on JMDF Work Plan
June 17, 2025—Representatives from the CVF-V20 Secretariat and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) convened in Vienna on June 17 to take stock

Regional Dialogue 2025 Calls for Cooperation to Tackle Climate Vulnerabilities in South Asia
The Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) hosted the 4th Annual Regional Dialogue 2025, in Islamabad on 5 May. The dialogue, titled ‘Pathways to Peace and

$250 Million Approved for Initial Phase of Loss and Damage Fund
Credit: Barbados Government Information Service “Small funds can’t help you — and regrettably, that is where we find ourselves still today, in a world in

Belém’s Climate Paradox: Road for COP30 Pierces Through the Heart of Amazon
Source: https://media.un.org/photo/en/asset/oun7/oun7565955 The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil gave birth to the Rio Conventions, which refer to the three landmark international agreements,

The Journey to COP28: A Road to Disappointment and Hope
The Journey to COP28: A Road to Disappointment and Hope By Jodahi Bezabih Petros, CVF Youth Fellow from Ethiopia Coming into COP28, I carried the

The Loss and Damage Fund: A glimmer of hope or an avenue for more questions?
The Loss and Damage Fund: A glimmer of hope or an avenue for more questions? By Barbra Kangwana, CVF Youth Fellow from Kenya COP28 was

Carbon Markets’ Contribution to Climate Action: Perspectives Following COP28
Carbon Markets’ Contribution to Climate Action: Perspectives Following COP28 By Koto Daniel Dagnon, CVF Youth Fellow from Benin Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which

COP28 in Retrospect: Tiptoeing through Ambiguity for Hope
COP28 in Retrospect: Tiptoeing through Ambiguity for Hope By Rubina Adhikari, CVF Youth Fellow from Nepal Entering my second COP, I had a clear plan:
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