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A financial instrument to help governments finance disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction without over-stressing their fiscal budgets

Various financial schemes have been developed to cover some of the risks of loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.

Risk reduction, retention, and transfer are risk management approaches that can be used to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.

Work has just started in defining and addressing the loss and damage from climate change that cannot be prevented by mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Water utilities in many cities in the People’s Republic of China may have achieved high level of cost recovery because of increased tariffs.

Shifting to a low-carbon economy entails drastic reductions in fossil fuel use and emissions as well as structural adjustments.  

Accessible funds for the industry sector accelerated investments in energy efficiency and enhanced institutional capacities.

The Clean Air Scorecard Tool helped the most polluted cities to identify gaps in air quality management and introduce measures to rectify them.

A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.

Warning systems and other measures will help save lives, protect biodiversity, and reduce rail service disruptions.