Alice Cho

Nov 21, 2024 | secnewgate.co.uk | Alice Cho

As COP29 enters its final moments, today’s spotlight was meant to be on Nature Day; a crucial opportunity to underscore the role of ecosystems and Indigenous leadership in climate action. Yet, the summit is consumed by a more immediate and contentious issue. With just days left before the scheduled conclusion, the negotiations are mired in division, and the latest draft text – released at 7 this morning – has only deepened the stalemate.

Nov 7, 2024 | secnewgate.co.uk | Alice Cho

COP16 in Cali was intended to be a landmark for global biodiversity funding. Yet, sixteen hours into overtime, with no major breakthroughs and key delegates hurrying to the airport, the negotiations ended on a disappointing note.

Apr 11, 2024 | secnewgate.co.uk | Alice Cho

Almost a decade has passed since the historic Paris Agreement in 2015, and three years since the ambitious promises made at COP26, where the world’s most influential financial institutions pledged to spend a collective $130 trillion to tackle climate change. The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), comprised of 675 financial institutions across 50 countries, was formed to put the might of the financial sector to work to reduce emissions and finance the energy transition.

Jan 30, 2024 | secnewgate.co.uk | Alice Cho

China’s property giant Evergrande, once the world’s biggest builder, is now its most indebted, resulting in it being handed a liquidation order in a Hong Kong court on Monday. With a staggering $300 billion onshore debt in mainland China, coupled with years of failed negotiations between the company and its creditors over the restructuring, the court has finally declared that “enough is enough”.

Aug 22, 2023 | secnewgate.co.uk | Alice Cho

Imagine investment trusts as the talented musicians who never quite made it to the mainstream, not for lack of skill, but because they were too busy honing their craft while the one-hit wonders hogged the spotlight. Investment trusts have quietly existed in the UK since the Victorian era. However, they often find themselves being overlooked in favour of the more widely promoted open-ended funds – their more accessible and simpler counterpart.