Climate finance accountability needed from both donor and recipient countries – experts at COP29

2024-11-22T11:35:01+08:0022 Nov 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

BAKU, 22 November 2024 –– The 29th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) concludes today, and as negotiations progressed to agree on a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on Climate Finance in the past two weeks, experts from civil society from the Philippines, Ghana, and South Africa emphasized [...]

Gov’t, academe, private sector commit to advance climate finance in PHL

2022-10-25T15:58:43+08:0025 Oct 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A broad range of stakeholders led by legislators, national agencies, and non-government groups pledged together to accelerate the roll out of climate and disaster risk finance and insurance (CDRFI) initiatives to protect vulnerable communities from the worsening impacts of climate change.

Make climate finance pro-poor, equitable, and people-centered – Asian countries

2022-06-01T15:19:58+08:0001 Jun 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

BALI, INDONESIA, June 1, 2022 – Governments and civil society groups from South and Southeast Asia signed an agreement to enable inclusive, gender equitable, and human rights-based climate and disaster financing for vulnerable nations. “Worsening climate change impacts, particularly episodic extreme weather events, are threatening no less than the long-term economic viability of developing countries. Climate [...]

DOF Sec. Dominguez underscores need for climate-smart insurance in vulnerable economies

2019-08-17T06:46:44+08:0016 Aug 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

MANILA, 16 August 2019 – “The Philippine government is keen on strengthening its policies on climate financing,” Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez stated in his remarks for today’s forum on climate-smart micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) insurance in vulnerable and emerging economies. “The challenges posed by climate change demand all hands be [...]

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