“The Summit will explore the significant investment opportunities provided by the global climate deal involving 196 countries, with a focus on the types of capital flows necessary – involving many trillions of dollars – to achieve its ambitious global carbon-reducing goals” – more details on the event website.

Disaster risk

Meanwhile – in Geneva over 1000 scientists, government officials and business types will meet on from the 27-29 – building on Sendai disaster risk framework agreed in March 2015.

“In the decade 2005-2014, the annual average death toll from disasters was 76,000; and 173 million people was the annual average number of people affected by floods, storms, drought, earthquakes and tsunamis, wildfires and heatwaves,”

Available at: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/01/24/28419/