World Bank approves First Amazon Fiscal and Environmental Sustainability Program — The project will support fiscal reforms aimed at promoting fiscal sustainability while integrating forest conservation and development, as part of the state’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery plan.

Trudeau hikes carbon tax in bid to reach 2030 climate goal, with revenue from the levy returned to the provinces via consumer rebates

Great new study just out by Harro van Asselt and Tom Moerenhout, "Fit for Purpose? Towards trde rules that support fossil fuel subsidy reform and the clean energy transition." The report makes concrete recommendations for WTO reforms that would support a reducation in fossil fuel subsidies.

This 'NDC Update Report December 2020' features perspectives on how COVID-19 is impacting climate action from the NDC Partnership, Climate Analytics, SouthSouthNorth, FAO, BUND, and WRI

The World Bank Group announced 35% finance target to have climate co-benefits over the next five years, replacing previous target 28% by 2020. The World Bank – IBRD and IDA – will also seek to ensure that 50% of this financing supports adaptation and resilience.

‘When I was a teenager I had these terrible nightmares that the world was on fire’: reflections from Mark Campanale and Nick Robins
The inventors of ‘unburnable carbon’ discuss their journey so far, and what the rest of the decade has in store.

New brochures by the WWF Africa Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (AAI)

Congratulations to Nepal and Tonga for submitting their #2020NDCs! Learn more about the new or updated NDCs already submitted by 19 countries on Climate Watch’s tracker

The direct climate impact of the coronavirus lockdown has lowered 2050 temperature projections by a “negligible” 0.01C, the UN has revealed.

A green economic recovery from the pandemic could, however, make a substantial difference, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep) annual emissions gap report, potentially reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% over the next decade and putting the world on track to meeting the Paris agreement’s goal of keeping temperatures within 2C of pre-industrial levels.