AFD boss Remy Rioux on climate progress
Rémy Rioux is chief executive officer of the French Development Agency, or AFD. But before that, in 2015, he worked as chief negotiator on the finance track of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate....
29 Marras 202218min
Phyllis Cuttino calls for Malpass' ouster
At the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the calls for the restructuring of multilateral development banks are echoing through the halls, with the hopes that wit...
24 Marras 202214min
Matthias Berninger on the business case for climate action
The private sector has a key role to play in investing in climate change adaptation – and yet, currently, only 1.6% of all adaptation funding comes from private investment. Matthias Berninger is the...
23 Marras 202227min
Solomon Quaynor on climate financing for Africa
In the twelfth episode of COPcast, Devex sat down with Solomon Quaynor, vice-president for private sector, infrastructure and industrialization at the African Development Bank to discuss the continent...
18 Marras 202216min
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on how cities can lead on climate
Extreme weather devastated Sierra Leone’s capital city of Freetown in 2017 when torrential rains led to landslides that killed over 1,000 people. Now the city’s population is grappling with temperatur...
18 Marras 202226min
Claudia Sadoff on transforming food systems
This year world leaders have gathered at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Summit, or COP 27, as people around the world grapple with a food security crisis. An estimated 828 million people are ...
17 Marras 202213min
Aisha Khan on Pakistan's losses and damages
Pakistan's devastating flooding helped push loss and damage up the climate agenda. Devex sat down with Aisha Khan, head of the country's Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change to discuss why the d...
16 Marras 202221min
Andrew Steer on the future of the Bezos Earth Fund
The Bezos Earth Fund is Jeff Bezos's $10 billion commitment to fund scientists, activists, NGOs, and other actors that will drive climate and nature solutions. In this episode of COPcast, Devex’s Pr...
15 Marras 202229min
