Sustainability Programme

Sep 3, 2024 | odi.org | Laetitia Pettinotti |Tony Mwenda Kamninga |Sarah Colenbrander |Sustainability Programme

2024 is a critical year for international climate finance. Set to be formalised at COP29, it is hoped the New Collective Quantified Goal will learn from the challenges of its predecessor, the $100 billion climate finance goal. With many elements of the NCQG yet to be agreed, a lot of attention is being paid towards the 'collective' aspects of implementation, whether that is a burden-sharing mechanism or a broadening of the contributor base, as highlighted by the co-chairs of the NCQG process.

Dec 14, 2023 | odi.org | Sarah Colenbrander |Sustainability Programme |Sara Pantuliano

The climate negotiations in Dubai have wrapped up to a mixed reception. Sultan Al-Jaber, COP28 President, has hailed the UAE Consensus as a 'historic package'. Leading progressive voices are also celebrating the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era, from the International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol to one of the architects of the Paris Agreement, Laurence Tubiana. However, the most vulnerable countries have expressed deep concern about the outcome.

May 16, 2023 | odi.org | Sarah Colenbrander |Sustainability Programme |Chris Humphrey |Hans Peter Lankes

Hero image description: A women's focus group maps their village and surrounding environment, including different water sources. Kambwiri village, Salima district, Malawi. Photo: Naomi Oates/ODI Over the past few months, World Bank management and shareholders have outlined the next iteration of the Bank’s new long-term strategy – the Evolution Roadmap – which was released ahead of this year’s World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings.

May 3, 2023 | odi.org | Sarah Colenbrander |Sustainability Programme |Chris Humphrey |Hans Peter Lankes

Image credit:Franz Mahr / World Bank Image license:CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Dear President Banga,Congratulations on your appointment as the 14th President of the World Bank Group. The Covid-19 pandemic, soaring inflation, geopolitical instability and the ever-looming spectre of climate emergency have all come to define this age of ‘poly-crisis’ in which we live. That these global challenges are both real and urgent is without question.