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EBRD delivers 26% expansion in investments in 2024, commits record €16.6bn across economies
Lender notes strong momentum in green and gender financing, in parallel with steadfast support for Ukraine and its real economy.
IEA: Access to energy improving worldwide, driven by renewables
Having a reliable electricity supply is something many of us take for granted – including for sending and reading emails like this one. But hundreds of millions of people around the world today don’t have access to electricity.
The hurricane season in 2024 was weird
The Atlantic hurricane season of 2024 was a weird one. It both produced more, and more destructive, hurricanes than usual, but at the same time it had a calm hole in the middle where there should have been at least four hurricanes.
Global warming will increase crop yields in Global North, but reduce them in Global South
Global warming will increase crop yields in the Global North, largely thanks to increased “carbon fertilisation” and temperature increases towards the optimal for growing crops, but will decrease it in the Global South.
Hundreds of millions on verge of starvation, billions more undernourished as Climate Crisis droughts take their toll
The Climate Crisis is depressing crop yields and fuelling a growing global hunger crisis that has already reached "unprecedented proportions," with between 3.1bn and 4.2bn people now unable to afford a healthy diet.