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ADB to Provide USD 80 billion for Climate Action in Asia-Pacific Region

admin August 2, 2018 climate change, UNFCCC

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged to provide $80 billion in climate financing to South Asia and the Pacific over the next decade under its new Strategy 2030. Due to the disastrous impacts of climate change, countries in Asia and the Pacific are at the highest risk of plummeting into deeper

Combination of Climate Change and Inequality Increasingly Drives Risk

admin June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 climate change, UNFCCC

UN Climate Change News, 14 June 2018 - A combination of climate change and rising levels of inequality is a key driver of risk in the world today, and the convergence of these two factors calls for heightened attention as they pose an existential threat to the survival of the poor, especially those living in

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