Research Archive

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Research| September 17, 2024

Managing Currency Risk to Catalyze Climate Finance

Currency risk hinders climate finance in the global south. Expanding local currency lending and affordable hedging is key, say policy experts who propose innovative solutions.

Published by Climate Policy Initiative
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Research| April 15, 2024

Model-based Financial Regulations Impair the Transition to Net-zero Carbon Emissions

Carbon biases in model-based financial regulations discourage banks from divesting high-carbon assets and amplify systemic climate risks, say Oxford University researchers.

Published by Nature Climate Change
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Research| December 11, 2023

Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery

Guaranteeing Sustainable Development

A climate-smart debt mechanism could restructure US$812bn of sovereign debt in the global south, according to this report.

Published by Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery
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Research| October 26, 2023

Accelerating the Early Retirement of Coal-Fired Power Plants Through Carbon Credits

This paper by the Monetary Authority of Singapore considers how high-integrity transition credits can be used to accelerate the phaseout of coal power plants in Asia. …

Published by Monetary Authority of Singapore and McKinsey & Company
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Research| September 26, 2023

Financing the Green Transition

The Role of Macroeconomic Policies in Ensuring a Just Transition

New asset classes can be used alongside the greening of macroeconomic policies to accelerate a socially and ecologically just transition, say researchers.

Published by Frontiers in Climate
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Research| September 18, 2023

Funds and the State of European Sustainable Finance

About 60% of managed assets in the EU are in ESG or sustainability linked funds, but this MSCI report says there is a long way to go to integrate sustainability into investment processes.

Published by MSCI
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Research| September 14, 2023

Nature Based Currencies

Integrating Natural Capital in Advanced Monetary Systems

In this white paper, digital finance experts explore how central banks could design a nature-based digital currency that supports economic stability, human wellbeing and planetary health.

Published by Open Earth
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Research| May 5, 2023

Overcoming the Babel Tower Challenge

A Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance in the Latin American and Caribbean Region

Colombia was the first country in the Americas to develop a green taxonomy, and this WWF report says it can be used as a regional blueprint. The authors also give advice to countries to design interoperable, fit-for-purpose taxonomies.

Published by WWF

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