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The lack of a dedicated financial mechanism to address climate-related loss and damage underscores the need for innovative ways to address this funding gap.
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.
Increased use of geospatial modelling in integrated energy planning highlights gaps in data.
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.