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African Union Peace Fund will face uphill battle

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AFRICA

The organisation has launched an ambitious peace initiative

COVID-19 crisis complicates nations’ climate financing

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INT

Leaders will consider how to fund and reduce the costs of climate change with COVID-19 crisis costs still looming large

Public banks can finance SDGs more, but 2030 is a rush

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INTERNATIONAL

The UNCTAD report urging public banks to do the “heavy lifting” to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals is ambitious

Tajikistan hopes to borrow its way out of debt trouble

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TAJIKISTAN

The finance ministry insists its temporary debt relief request does not imply distress

Rising inequalities will increase climate change costs

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INT

Carbon emissions inequality between and within nations fuels internal and multilateral debates about climate funding

Pandemic response threatens climate funding shortfall

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INT

Low- and middle-income states must spend more than 1% of GDP a year on environmental protection but budgets may narrow

Many developing nations risk missing climate targets

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INT

The IEA says that energy spending needs to more than double, and to surge in developing nations, to meet climate goals

Prosperity and sustainability show little correlation

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INT

The mismatch between economic prosperity and environmental sustainability impedes national and global climate action

Renewable goals demand more supply chain investment

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INT

Greater indirect as well as direct investment may be key to realising renewable energy targets

Global debts will be costlier to pay off in 2017-18

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INT

The IMF Financial Stability Report urges policymakers to tackle debts that stand at a record high 225% of world GDP