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Nature-positive transition pathway methodology released

A methodology for developing nature-positive transition pathways for the UK economy has been released, in a bid to scale up private investment.

Aviva Investors, CEFC and Gresham House back AUD142m forestry project

If insurance fails from climate risk, then the rest of finance will follow, says Aviva

Climate risk is an existential threat not just to the insurance industry but to the broader financial services industry, an Aviva board member has warned, given its role in absorbing risk, but that needs to change.

'Investing in resilience is a deterrent, as everything has been weaponised'

Money spent on reducing fossil fuel dependency and making food and water systems more resilient helps to deter critical systems from being 'weaponised' in an uncertain geopolitical environment, investors heard.

Blended finance must be deployed more wisely, says HSBC

Blended finance can't be seen as a way to solve something which the private sector "just doesn't want to take on", according to HSBC.

The emerging concept of 'nature transition'

Efforts are ramping up to provide more clarity on what transition means for nature. Genevieve Redgrave reports

Aviva still not disclosed and set targets on insurance emissions, lagging behind peers

Aviva has said that it is still not ready to disclose or set targets for its insurance-associated emissions, placing it behind some industry peers in climate-related reporting.

'Natural flood resilience investment is scalable right now'

The opportunity to invest in natural flood resilience projects is "scalable" today for institutional investors looking to avoid "carbon myopia" in nature-based investment, an Environmental Finance event has heard.

Natural Capital Investment EMEA conference returns on Thursday

Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Investment EMEA conference returns to London on Thursday.

Landmark biodiversity assessment warns of danger to financial stability

The first global assessment of how businesses and financial institutions are impacting biodiversity issued a call to financial institutions to step-up engagement on the topic.