ASIA: Race for new climate finance goal heats up: Push for China, UAE to join donor pool

Germany advocated expanding climate finance contributors to include wealthy, high-emission countries like China and Saudi Arabia, emphasizing the need for increased funds to support developing nations. The aim is to enhance the collective finance pool while maintaining leadership and responsibility among developed countries.

Discussions on the new target for climate finance to be provided to developing countries, replacing the 2009 goal of $100 billion, continue to be the focus in the run up to the Baku round of the UN climate talks. Germnay, among the top contributors of climate finance, is along with other developed countries pushing for expanding the group of countries that are obligated to provide developing countries with climate finance. 

13 March 2024

MALTA: One in four applicants for Maltese citizenship refused

Almost one in four applicants for Malta’s golden passport scheme are refused, official data seen by the Times of Malta shows. Around half the refused applications came from Russian nationals while

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21 May 2024

SWITZERLAND: World Bank Issues Digital Bond in Switzerland on the Blockchain

The World Bank priced the first CHF digital bond by an international issuer, which will settle using Swiss Franc wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC) provided by the Swiss National Bank (SNB).

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4 October 2024

FINTECH: Binance warns of crypto market risks from overvaluation, centralization

The cryptocurrency market faces significant risks due to overvaluation and the centralization of token ownership, according to a recent report from Binance. The report warns that if these challenges

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19 April 2024

TAX EVASION: Prosecutors seek 12-year sentences for ‘Panama Papers’ accused

The prosecution sought 12-year prison sentences Wednesday for the founders of a now-defunct law firm at the center of the so-called “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal. Jurgen Mossack and

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