Incheon Forward?
The latest GCF Board meeting clears the decks of projects in an effort to free up a policy logjam
Tag Archives: Capacity Building
Scale is the name of the game
Earlier this month in London, the FT-IFC Transformational Business Awards paid tribute to ground-breaking and innovative business solutions to today’s development challenges. This week we take a look at some of the winners and their backers.
Adaptation in Cities: Measuring Needs and Capacity
How a new initiative by Notre Dame will analyse the top 250 cities in the US for climate vulnerability and readiness for investment to combat it
To kickstart climate investment, think strategically but look for some quick wins
We talk to the lead finance author of the Quick-Start Guide to NDC Implementation for some tips on getting started with NDC investment
Think global, fund local
We discuss why climate finance isn’t getting to the grassroots with Clare Shakya at the IIED
What’s making the lights go on? (Or keeping countries in the dark?)
We look at RISE, a new World Bank tool that enables countries to understand what policies they need to drive progress on sustainable energy
Adaptation Finance – Fresh Winds Beginning to Blow?
In the second of our two pieces on adaptation, we look at how hybrid finance and the private sector are starting to address the urgent need for adaptation finance
Assess, Monitor, Report for Green Finance Success
How the UK’s Green Investment Bank looks at the green potential and performance of its investments
On the ground – Paris implementation gets real in Mexico
One year on from Paris, in the first of a planned series of country updates, we speak with one of the lead government agencies for Mexico’s NDC implementation
Mainstreaming private investment to switch on the lights and turn down the diesel in Africa
NDCI.Global talks to Andrew Pidden of Deutsche Asset Management about how its new GCF-backed programme will crowd in private investment to offgrid and mini-grid energy access in Africa, and help industry there switch out of carbon