Your essential guide to climate finance

Key climate finance terms explained by experts.

Sankar Sivarajah, Professor of Technology Management and Circular Economy, Kingston University • conversation
July 3, 2025 ~29 min

Why investing in climate-vulnerable countries makes good business sense

Investing in climate adaptation is one of the smartest financial opportunities of our time

Ali Serim, Advisor for the Centre of Geopolitics of Global Change, ODI Global • conversation
July 2, 2025 ~7 min


Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings

A new method helps convey uncertainty more precisely, which could give researchers and medical clinicians better information to make decisions.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
May 1, 2025 ~7 min

Losing your job is bad for your health, but there are things you can do to minimize the harm

It’s not just about having money problems − it’s how you feel about those problems that matters most for your mental health.

Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of North Dakota • conversation
March 27, 2025 ~8 min

What Davos delegates missed when they discussed green finance for business

Smaller firms struggle to get the finance they need to become greener – but new partnerships between governments and banks could be part of the solution.

Mimoza Shabani, Associate Professor in Economics, University of East London • conversation
Jan. 27, 2025 ~7 min

A gold rush for ‘green finance’ risks changing our relationship to nature

We are turning ever more nature into a product we buy and sell.

Ruth Bookbinder, Research fellow, University of Leeds • conversation
Dec. 23, 2024 ~7 min

UN climate talks face a credibility crisis as countries disengage

Credibility of the UN’s framework convention on climate change can be restored when countries take responsibility for their actions and deliver money they promise.

Jonathan Barnes, Research Fellow, Climate Change Adaptation, UCL • conversation
Nov. 26, 2024 ~7 min

China’s influence grows at COP29 climate talks as US leadership fades

The annual UN climate conference ended with a weaker deal than many countries hoped for, and with calls to overhaul the climate talks for the future.

Lucia Green-Weiskel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Trinity College • conversation
Nov. 26, 2024 ~8 min


Cop29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan

Missing money, Saudi wrecking, methane pledges and more.

Simon Chin-Yee, Lecturer in International Development, UCL • conversation
Nov. 25, 2024 ~9 min

Cop29 climate finance deal: why poor countries are so angry

The costs of an unequal global system are not reflected in the new finance goal.

Jodi-Ann Jue Xuan Wang, DPhil (PhD) Candidate in International Development, University of Oxford • conversation
Nov. 25, 2024 ~7 min

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