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UK nature investment fund first close 'soon', says Lord Benyon

The UK government-backed Big Nature Impact Fund (BNIF) is expected to announce its first close from private investors "soon", according to a senior minister.

Phasing out fossil fuels requires new transition-away products, says Natixis

Innovative financial tools and products are needed to 'transition away' from fossil fuels and exit 'brown' activities, said Natixis CIB.

COP28: What can we take away?

The agreement has increased transition risks, writes Anya Solovieva

New climate finance target 'to be set at next COP'

This year's COP needs to set an enhanced target for climate finance, a pension fund has argued, as the amount mobilised eventually needs to move from the "billions to the trillions".

'We need a global treaty to actively phase out fossil fuels'

A Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty would close the gap between the net-zero ambitions, and the COP28 pledge to move away from fossil fuel companies, writes Jeroen Rijpkema

ING to phase out oil and gas financing by 2040

Fitch: Social to rise up the sustainable bond agenda in 2024

Nature-related sustainable bond issuance is set to give social co-benefits greater prominence in 2024, Sustainable Fitch says. Ahren Lester reports

COP28 'a success for nature', says NatureFinance

Nature was a key part of the agenda at COP28, with emerging nature finance mechanisms a key talking point.

A Fair Cop?

Promising initiatives were announced at COP28, but these are only scratching the surface of the opportunity, writes Kieron Boyle

COP28: Carbon markets rue Article 6 negotiation 'failure'

Carbon market participants lamented a "disappointing" lack of progress on agreeing a global carbon market mechanism, after last-ditch talks ended in "failure".