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Climate finance will grow but huge challenges persist

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INTERNATIONAL

Climate investment globally topped USD1tn last year but remains well short of the estimated USD8tn requirement. Most funding goes to developed economies and mitigation projects…

Tripling renewable power scale by 2030 is unfeasible

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INT

This means increasing wind and solar capacity more than threefold. Although solar photovoltaics (PV) could exceed expectations, wind power is unlikely to expand fast enough. As…

Tourism to drive Belize economic growth amid slowdown

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BELIZE

Real GDP surged by 15% in 2021 and 12% in 2022, then by 4% in 2023. With inflation easing, risks of social instability have probably fallen over the past year, but growth looks…

Exclusion will undermine Brazil’s carbon market plan

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BRAZIL

While this could help decarbonise the country’s industry and attract investments in offsetting projects, the exclusion of the agriculture and livestock sector from the…

Cleaner GDP as nations grow helps to cut CO2 emissions

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INTERNATIONAL

The energy intensity of production declines as economies become more prosperous, and since 2000 emissions from energy production have fallen. The extent to which these trends will…

Panama Canal woes will have local and global impacts

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PANAMA

The situation has sent policymakers scrambling to identify fixes, as shippers explore alternative routes and the country faces the loss of hundreds of millions of US dollars in…

Riyadh will edge into a more visible role in Africa

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SAUDI ARABIA

Hosting the inaugural Saudi-Africa summit in November, Riyadh pledged to invest USD25bn, provide USD10bn in export finance and commit USD5bn billion to development projects by the…

East Africa wind power will expand despite challenges

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EAST AFRICA

With an installed capacity of 310 megawatts, LTWP is Africa’s largest operational wind farm. However, despite its potential, wind power remains a small part of East Africa’s…

Technology offers hope in tackling water scarcity

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INTERNATIONAL

Droughts threaten knock-on effects for areas without direct water scarcity challenges, in the form of food price pressures, increased irregular migration from displaced…

US oil and gas revival will reach new records in 2024

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UNITED STATES

Unlike earlier booms based on exploiting new fields, US producers are raising production by adopting new technologies, process efficiencies, economies of scale and financial…