The Global Climate Finance Centre (GCFC), a private-sector-focused think tank and research hub, and Alterra, a $30 billion climate fund, have joined forces to scale up climate investment in emerging and developing economies. The partnership, which will leverage the combined strengths of both organisations, will focus on investment opportunities, innovative finance approaches and knowledge sharing,
A lack of investment in green energy has left the world on track to overshoot the 1.5C temperature increase that scientists have defined as a critical threshold in global efforts to contain climate change. The finding was published on Thursday by REN21, a renewable energy think tank. In its annual status report on global clean
Financiers of nature-based projects that seek to reduce and capture carbon emissions while also enhancing developing nations’ resilience against climate change are focusing on investments that are viable even without carbon-credit revenues, according to Hong Kong-based capital providers. Such projects appeal to more mainstream investors after controversies over the actual environmental benefits of certain forestry-protection
Japan is asking investors to stump trillions of yen over the next decade to back its efforts to tackle climate change. But both investor groups and climate change experts are concerned about the decarbonization merits of the projects the world’s first sovereign “transition bonds” will be supporting. These special sovereign bonds, which were issued for
We should be asking much deeper questions now than simply about whether and when another stock market bubble burst might come. We should be re-examining the role of private and public sectors in allocating financial resources to the global economy. Failure to do this could result in a dramatic rise in tax rates around the
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The Third South Summit brought together the 135 members of the Group of 77 and China (G-77/China) to boost South-South cooperation on trade, investment, sustainable development, climate change, poverty eradication, and digital economy, among other areas. Members emphasized that “reforms of the international financial architecture should better reflect the needs and priorities of developing countries
Investing in nature to address climate change, support biodiversity, and protect ocean health—and more—is expected to reach record levels this year in response to more regulation and market demand, according to Cambridge Associates, a global investment firm. Still, the amount of private capital invested to support natural systems will fall far short of what’s needed,