Finance : Dollar credit to EMDEs drops at fastest rate in a decade - BIS (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Bank credit to emerging market and developi ng economies (EMDEs) dropped by $57 billion (-4% year-on-year) in Q2 of 2023, with the year-on-year decline in dollar credit (-8%) being the largest in t he past decade, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has said.

Climate : Divergences on funding arrangements related to loss & damage (PRIV)
(Radhika Chatterjee, New Delhi)
At the recently concluded fourth meeting of the UNFCCC's Transitional Committee (TC4), differences arose ove r whether criteria should be developed for funding arrangements for loss and damage.

Brazil : Bringing the Piratininga lagoon back to life (PRIV)
(IPS, Niteroi)
Houses with balconies facing the street o r the surrounding hills, when they are not hidden behind high walls, reflect a neighbourhood where people live on the shore of a lagoon but reject the lan dscape it offers.