Sophie Sirtaine

Nov 27, 2024 | ceylontoday.lk | Sophie Sirtaine |Paneetha Ameresekere

BY Paneetha AmeresekereRupee or domestic credit by the banking and monetary sectors to the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and public corporations continued to overshadow credit to the private sector for the seventh consecutive month to February 2022, a phenomenon last seen nearly 33 years ago in 1989, Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) data of Friday’s (8 April) showed.

Nov 25, 2024 | cgap.org | Sophie Sirtaine

Intense discussions around climate finance have dominated this year’s COP, but sourcing funding is only one part of the puzzle. Now the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) – the newly agreed global funding target – has been agreed, it is time to focus squarely on how the money will be disbursed and to whom. Historically, not nearly enough climate finance has made it into the hands of the most vulnerable in low-income countries.

Nov 18, 2024 | eco-business.com | Sophie Sirtaine

At the top of the list of measures to be agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, is the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance, which will support climate action in developing countries after 2025. The main concern will be setting contribution targets for developed countries. But another crucial question has been overlooked: who will have access to these funds?

Nov 17, 2024 | omanobserver.om | Sophie Sirtaine

At the top of the list of measures to be agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, is the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance, which will support climate action in developing countries after 2025. The main concern will be setting contribution targets for developed countries, but another crucial question has been overlooked: who will have access to these funds?

Nov 15, 2024 | countercurrents.org | David Edwards |Sophie Sirtaine |Bruce Huber |Tom Engelhardt

In the 35 years since we first protested for action against climate change on the streets of London, we have often wondered what it is exactly we are trying to avert. Sometimes, notably in the wee small hours, we have tried to imagine how a destabilised climate might one day cause society to collapse. Would the lights just go out? Would supermarkets suddenly be empty of food? Would there simply be no-one to call for help? Would law and order progressively vanish from a newly barbarised world?