AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoClimate Finance: Developing countries need about $305 billion a year for adaptation by 2035, but received only $28–32 billion in 2024, UNEP reports. Even tripling public funding would leave most needs unmet, putting finance at the centre of COP31 talks. Children on the Front Line: UNICEF says millions of children in Nepal face climate and environmental threats, including air pollution, drought, extreme heat and landslides, and urges policymakers to put children at the heart of climate plans. Renewables and the Grid: India’s rapid solar and wind expansion is running into grid limits: generation curtailments reached 2.3 terawatt-hours from May to December 2025. The challenge now is pairing new capacity with storage and stronger power systems. Pollution Legacy: Five years after the X-Press Pearl disaster, plastic pellets still wash ashore in Sri Lanka, while fishers say affected communities remain sidelined in recovery efforts. Waste-to-Energy: Bacoor, Philippines, is studying whether waste-to-energy could help manage more than 533 tonnes of daily garbage, with officials also assessing its environmental impact.
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