How the "Pay It Forward Famine Financing and Protection Facility"​ Resolves a Disaster Financing Paradox Røde Kors ICRC Africa IFRC DanChurchAid Kenya Red Cross Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 linkedin.com/pulse/how-pay-…

Some people ask “you just finished building a house, you should go into building trades...” My answer is simple...

New emoji....request: Finger on nose “not it”

Our staff and volunteers from the #Dadaab Unit took a Training of Trainers course on Community Inclusion Currencies, as part of the Resilient Health and Rights project funded by the Røde Kors. The training was done by the Innovation Unit under @ICHA_Intl with Grassroots Economics.

Philippines mangrove #EbA / #naturebasedsolutions / #ILS kickoff flotilla. With Philippine Red Cross, Røde Kors, Rode Kruis, Base Carbon, HCBL, and C3 Conservation. More to come...#carbon #reforestation #resilience Denmark MFA 🇩🇰

Taking out an insurance cover against lose of carbon credits reserve is something projects have not done, but it is what Røde Kors mangrove trust fund restoration project is doing in Philippines. We are using a cyclone cat bond to cover possible loss. ft.com/content/d54d55…

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Ouch... nytimes.com/2022/08/26/bus…

A megawatt-hour of electricity in France and Germany is the equivalent of over $1,600 a barrel of oil 🤯. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Regular petrol at $3.339/gallon...🥳🥳

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How to Manage Your Emotions For Better Leadership thoughtfulleader.com/manage-emotion…

China’s State Council released a plan on speeding up the creation of a “dual control system” to control total CO2 emissions and emissions intensity. It clarifies the timeline for China to start regulating carbon emissions domestically and to adopt absolute emissions targets, but

Startups are finding novel ways to recycle carbon The Economist econ.st/3X7m5jS

Did you know this: when you use renewable electricity to make hydrogen, you can't use it for things that abate 2x to 9x more emissions, namely getting coal off the grid, powering heat pumps and charging EVs. Call me old-fashioned, but I think this should have policy implications.

Back of the napkin calc is $2,740/KW for China to develop nuclear compared to upwards of $8,000/KW in the US. Shortly, China will surpass France as the country with the largest nuclear reactor fleet. reuters.com/business/energ…

More Than 40% of World’s Electricity Came From Zero-Carbon Sources in 2023 - WSJ wsj.com/articles/more-…

Great charts on China's steel sector trends from Xinyi Shen Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. Steel output is currently falling quite sharply, leading to reductions in coal use and emissions. However, the brunt of the drop is borne by the cleaner electric arc steelmakers rather than the dirtier

I spent the past three days in Beijing doing back-to-back meetings and presentations with people working on energy and climate. The U.S. election outcome came up often, obviously, with questions about the implications for different countries, sectors, policies and negotiations.