Category: Environment
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Will Ukrainian grain reach the World
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine , Ukrainian exports have been seriously disrupted. The Russian Navy blockaded Ukrainian ports for four months and on the 22nd July 2022, Russia came to an agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to open a safe maritime route for Ukrainian grain. But Russia has reneged on…
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COP 27
This article explores the concerns, events and questions that should be on the agenda at COP 27
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Green movement into climate resilience and EVs’
A Bloomberg NEF annual report of global investment in low carbon energy transition totalled US$755 billion. The report reviews a range of diverse industries from investment in projects, such as renewables, hydrogen production, nuclear, charging infrastructure, recycling and other projects, such as solar and zero emission vehicles. According to Bloomberg, the largest sector in 2021 was…
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IMF argument for resilience
Pakistan has been hit by an unusually early monsoon, flooding has led to a third of the country being underwater with millions of homes destroyed. A BBC interview with the environment minister Senator Sherry Rahman, argued that successive governments had channelled rain water from the north of Pakistan, where there is more rain, to the…
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The Bond Market and Climate Resilience
There is a question whether COP 27, will move on from the question of mitigation because it is so important to the question of climate change. The bond markets are determined by adaptation and mitigation, because the question of resilience is so important. A report by the IMF (International Monetary Fund) believes that mitigation and…