Tributes Flow in for Pioneer of Green Finance
Tessa Tennant, a pioneer of sustainable investment and co-founder of this website, has died of cancer aged 59. We look at her career and summarise the tributes
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GCF in Meltdown
Amid extraordinary scenes, the GCF’s 20th Board meeting ends with the resignation of its Executive Director, Howard Bamsey. What and where next for the most important climate fund?
Aggregate to scale
How a ‘covered’ green bond structure could help developing countries meet their NDCs under the Paris Agreement
“The Week of the White Elephants”
We don’t normally cover climate politics, but as the latest G7 meeting collapsed in disarray, we couldn’t help noticing a report from the ODI that demonstrates there’s one thing … Continue reading “The Week of the White Elephants”
Innovate4Climate 2018
We take soundings as the World Bank’s annual climate finance event showcases in Frankfurt.
Financial Inclusion – a key tool for weathering economic shocks
How microfinance institutions and those that provide their capital can help vulnerable communities create financial resiliency
What’s new in Paris related Insurance
We round up some recent commercial and regulatory developments in a market showing an intent to innovate
NDCs and the pathway to 2050: Are the development banks on track?
A new report from E3G looks at the performance of the main development banks in support of both short and long-term climate finance needs.
What’s Changing As Countries Turn INDCs into NDCs?
Five early insights from the WRI
Water: Still waiting for the money to flow
We join experts at an Environmental Finance conference on risks and opportunities in the water sector