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The U.S. president is optimistic about a peace deal, but major obstacles remain.

A clash of visions on human dignity and divine purpose.

Henkel Algérie franchit une nouvelle étape stratégique avec le lancement de la production locale de Gliss, la gamme de soins capillaires emblématique de Schwarzkopf. Cette […]

L’article Schwarzkopf Gliss désormais “Made in Algérie” : Henkel franchit un cap industriel majeur est apparu en premier sur .

Le budget de la Sécurité sociale repasse à l'Assemblée nationale après une commission non conclusive. Les compromis paraissent difficiles à obtenir et le déficit de la Sécurité sociale pourrait se creuser.

L’année 2025 marque un tournant décisif pour l’industrie algérienne du fer et de l’acier. En l’espace de quelques mois seulement, le pays a enregistré une […]

L’article Sidérurgie : l’Algérie rejoint le TOP 3 des pays arabes producteurs d’acier en 2025 est apparu en premier sur .

En Guinée-Bissau des militaires ont annoncé prendre le "contrôle total du pays", "suspendre le processus électoral" et fermer les frontières. Le pays était dans l'attente des résultats des élections présidentielle et législatives organisées, dimanche. Les explications avec Stéphane Ballong, rédacteur en chef du journal de l'Afrique.

Treats and treasures from around the world.

The idea of a cohesive West is fading, but a new book finds that the concept endures.

A message from the President of IPI: We are all heartbroken by the news we have lost a cherished member of our small IPI/IPA family in the form of Ambassador David Malone DPhil, who served as our President with great distinction from 1998 to 2004. We extend our condolences to David’s family, as well as to his diplomatic family in Canada.

Loved and respected by the UN Think-Tank community, David was ubiquitous throughout Turtle Bay when leading IPA, always in the thick of things, tugging at old approaches and suggesting new ways of analyzing multilateralism. He did so brilliantly and—true to his personality, often playfully. He was a most remarkable man and a friend to so many of us. We will miss him sorely.

The post In Memoriam: David M. Malone appeared first on International Peace Institute.

Even imagining a potential Chinese invasion of the island has become a political act.

Moving the capital is an old idea and a perennial nonstarter.

Les premières neiges de l’hiver ont fortement perturbé la circulation, ce mercredi, dans plusieurs régions du pays. En fin de journée, les services de la […]

L’article Chutes de neige et routes bloquées : la GN annonce la fermeture de plusieurs axes importants est apparu en premier sur .

A rendőrség és az ügyészség is elutasította a Veronika Remišová (Slovensko – Za ludí) parlamenti képviselő ellen Robert Kaliňák (Smer) védelmi miniszter által tett feljelentést.

Karim Benzema est séduit par le talent d’Adel Boulbina. Le Ballon d’Or 2022 l’a encensé à l’issue de la rencontre ayant opposé Al-Ittihad de Djeddah […]

L’article « Il est fort », Karim Benzema séduit par un international algérien est apparu en premier sur .

La délivrance de Tolstoï, d'Ivan Bounine, traduit du russe par Marc Slonim, édition des Syrtes, Poche, 2025, 12 euros

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Alors que la feuille de route énergétique de la France se fait toujours attendre, le gouvernement promet un « grand plan d’investissements » et envisage même un geste fiscal pour faire baisser la facture d’électricité. Une manière positive d'aborder un dossier particulièrement sensible où chaque décision rallume les divisions.

Le sénateur Patrick Chaize va déposer cette semaine une proposition de loi pour créer un fonds de péréquation permettant de compenser les pertes de certaines structures avec les gains des autres. Le tout de manière à éviter la faillite de certains réseaux, principalement dans les zones rurales.

Szerdán délután frontálisan ütközött egy Škoda Octavia és egy Dacia Sandero Bátka és Gömörfüge (Figa) között, a Rimaszombati járásban. A balesetben mindkét jármű sofőrje megsérült, kórházba szállították őket. A Dacia utasa a helyszínen életét vesztette. A rendőrség vizsgálja a baleset körülményeit.

Local farmer ploughing a field in Indonesia. Credit: Unsplash

By Ana Carolina Avzaradel Szklo
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov 26 2025 (IPS)

The UN climate talks at COP30 once again brought the critical issue of climate finance to the forefront of global discussions.

However, while much of the debate revolved around traditional forms of aid directed at developing countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, a faster, more transformative approach lies in expanding access to carbon markets.

When emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) are equipped with the tools and knowledge needed to engage in these markets on their own terms, carbon finance can be generated and harnessed in ways that reflect their unique natural assets, governance, social contexts, and national priorities.

Achieving global climate and sustainable development goals depends on ensuring that those worst affected by climate change can fully participate in and benefit from this growing flow of finance.

EMDEs are on the frontlines of climate change — from rising sea levels threatening Pacific island nations to intensifying droughts and fires in the Amazon and Horn of Africa, and increasingly intense and frequent hurricanes in the Caribbean. These crises often hit hardest in regions that have contributed least to global emissions and in the most difficult position to react to them.

Yet, these same nations face a climate finance shortfall of $1.3 trillion per year. Carbon markets present an opportunity for these countries to bridge this gap by turning their natural advantages into climate finance assets.

Despite successful initiatives aimed at bolstering both high-integrity supply and demand for carbon credits, significant barriers to access persist, particularly for EMDEs. From fragmented policy landscapes to weak governance structures, limited institutional capacity, and low investor confidence, various obstacles prevent the vast potential of EMDEs to engage fully.

The Access Strategies Program — led by the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative — is a direct response to these challenges. It helps governments design and implement their own pathways into high-integrity carbon markets, enabling them to build the policies, institutional capacity, and investor confidence needed to meet their climate finance needs and transform their potential into progress.

Each country’s natural capital — from Brazil’s vast rainforest and agricultural landscapes, to the Caribbean’s blue carbon ecosystems, or Kenya’s grasslands and renewable energy potential — represents a unique competitive advantage, ready to be realised.

Simultaneously, no two countries share the same development goals or governance contexts. In some, carbon markets can drive forest conservation and biodiversity protection; while in others, they deliver the most impact by strengthening rural livelihoods or financing clean energy transitions.

The Access Strategies model recognises this uniqueness, tailoring its support to help countries use carbon finance in ways that align with their own specific economic and environmental strategies and goals.

For example, the Partnership for Agricultural Carbon (PAC) — developed with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) — is building capacity across Latin American and Caribbean agriculture ministries to participate in high-integrity carbon markets. It provides training, policy guidance, and decision-making tools that help governments and farmers identify viable carbon projects aligning with national agricultural and sustainability goals.

The collaboration has given small and medium producers a clearer route to investment, while positioning agriculture as a central player in regional climate strategies. Another example of the Access Strategies work is the recently launched Amazon Best Practices Guide, which will help Amazon state governments design and implement carbon market frameworks made specifically for their unique ecological and governance realities.

Moreover, in countries such as Kenya, Peru, and Benin, the Program has provided tailored support to develop policy and regulatory frameworks, strengthen institutional capacity, and attract responsible investment for high-priority climate mitigation projects — all in line with country-led goals.

These examples show what’s possible when governments have the tools and expertise to engage in high-integrity carbon markets on their own terms. More countries should seize this opportunity to tap into the growing flow of finance from carbon markets.

While carbon markets are not a silver bullet, they are one of the few scalable and self-sustaining tools available when grounded in integrity and tailored to each country’s needs.

Programs like Access Strategies do more than transfer technical knowledge — they build the enabling conditions for locally led action, drawing on countries’ unique ecological, social, and institutional insights to shape solutions that work in practice.

The focus of global climate action should not only be on new funding pledges, but on ensuring funding that is already available is effectively redirected for EMDEs countries to harness their own natural capital and promote social inclusion, while meeting their climate goals and reshaping their development pathway.

Building this kind of capacity is how we turn global ambition into lasting, locally owned progress, and moreover how carbon finance can become a true instrument of sustainable development.

Ana Carolina Avzaradel Szklo, Technical Director, Markets and Standards, Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI)

IPS UN Bureau

 

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