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  • COP: MAS to announce new blended finance initiatives

    30 November 2023

  • Expect more fossil fuel meddling at COP28, says Morningstar

    29 November 2023

    It is unsurprising that the UAE reportedly sought to use COP negotiations to further fossil fuel interests - and it is likely that oil and gas companies will look to further change the narrative in their favour at this year's conference, according to Morningstar.

  • NGOs back call for definition of transition finance from COP28

    29 November 2023

  • Innovative $1bn 'blended finance' SDG loan fund launched

    29 November 2023

    Allianz Global Investors (Allianz GI) and FMO Investment Management (FMO IM) have launched a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-aligned loan fund after successfully mobilising $1.1 billion for the innovative public-private investment fund.

  • VCMI launches 'flexible Scope 3 claim' for carbon credit usage

    28 November 2023

    The Voluntary Carbon Markets Initiative (VCMI) has launched a framework for allowing companies to credibly use carbon credits even though they are struggling to meet short-term reduction targets.

  • COP28: 'Restructuring' of indigenous engagement needed

    27 November 2023

    Improved engagement with indigenous peoples would help accelerate the flow of finance to communities and nature-based projects, Environmental Finance has heard.

  • Brazil: Investors must seize NBS and climate-smart tech opportunities now

    The seeds of a new climate investment revolution are being planted in Brazil, say Niamh McCarthy and Kyle Saukas of Climate Advisors

  • Financing the 'missing middle' for climate tech

    Scaling the capacity of climate technologies at a speed never seen before will be critical to the transition, says Barclays' Daniel Hanna

  • Inaugural COP report published

    27 November 2023

    Environmental Finance has published its first COP-focused special report in the build up to COP28, taking place in Dubai this week.

  • COP28: Clarity needed on biodiversity offsets, says TNC

    24 November 2023

    More clarity is needed from governments on how biodiversity credits and offsets could work alongside each other, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has urged, ahead of the start of the latest international climate conference (COP28).