A just green transition should widen routes to a dignified life, not merely swap old environmental costs for new social ones.
But investors need guidance on bankable projects and stronger demand to unlock capital. …
Canada’s sustainable finance sector is at loggerheads over the inclusion of oil and gas in the new net zero investment framework.
Developing countries are mobilising more and more climate finance but neglecting their lowest-income peers
Climate finance has more than doubled yet uncertainties remain on its real impact. AI and other technologies could help change that, argue Tianyin Sun and Yuan Zheng. …
Private investment alone won’t deliver the energy transition. National development banks can, says Adam McGibbon of Oil Change International.
The new PM’s Treasury choice signals climate has slipped from an existential threat to a budget line competing with defence.
Flexible rules helped scale lending past US$130bn, but explicit exclusions and transition tests are needed to avoid refinancing misaligned activities.
Despite strong renewable potential in bauxite-rich regions, most planned aluminium projects risk following nickel’s reliance on off-grid coal.
Likened by experts to the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, the rules push China’s reporting regime closer to international standards
In this week’s roundup: Brazil scraps its mandatory sustainability reporting rules, the war in Iran shows how dependent Europe is on US and Russian LNG, an IMF audit finds gaps in its climate work and more
You have seen 11 of 135
Trending…