Tuvalu, a picturesque island nation nestled in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, is currently grappling with a relentless onslaught of storm surges and towering waves, wreaking havoc on coastal communities. While spring or king tides always come around in February, this year’s king tide is...
Category - Climate change and development
Opportunity lost and damaged: new climate fund replicates failures of the past
In what looked like an early win for COP28, an agreement was reached on day 1 on the set-up of a new Loss and Damage Fund to help nations recover from climate change. So far US$429 million has been committed, more than half of it from the EU and a further US$100 million from the UAE, which is...
A loss and damage fund: two big challenges
One of the biggest changes in how global climate finance is conceptualised and delivered is currently being considered by a select, UN-convened committee that includes Australia. A key outcome from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27)...
From Bretton Woods to Bridgetown? Scaling up the World Bank
As the global “polycrisis” continues apace – deepening poverty, hunger and misery in its wake – efforts to scale up global development finance in response have, sadly but unsurprisingly, taken a much slower course. One of the more ambitious blueprints, put forward by Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia...
A new climate for Australian aid
Australia has just been found to have failed to adequately protect the rights of Torres Strait...
Mobilising climate-resilient infrastructure in Asia
COP26 is a few days away, with one of its goals including the building of climate-resilient...
Climate-resilient WASH and climate projections
Climate change is firmly set as a priority issue for the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)...
The drought we all seem to have forgotten about
One of my most vivid childhood memories is waiting for the rain. Growing up on a farm in regional...
After Biden’s win, Australia needs to recommit to the UN Green...
Now Joe Biden is on track to be the next US president, there has been plenty of speculation about...
COVID-19, development and a Green New Deal
There has been much debate on the COVID-19 international development forum and elsewhere about the...