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Biodiversity COP delay confirmed

Final meetings in a UN summit to agree a global framework to promote biodiversity will be delayed until April 2022, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has said.

Financial firms back deforestation data initiative

A working group of investors and banks are supporting an initiative to improve the data on corporate deforestation through supply chains

Biodiversity COP set to be delayed again, 'with implications for COP26'

A summit to agree a global framework to promote biodiversity is set to be delayed until next year, Environmental Finance has learned from sources who suggest that there may be implications for the UN's climate conference (COP26) set for November.

News round-up: Phoenix, Northern Trust, biodiversity and Canada

Upcoming global biodiversity and finance workshop

UN biodiversity summit delay confirmed for October

LeapFrog – targeting the emerging consumer

How does the world's biggest private equity impact specialist invest? Joe Walsh reports

HSBC predicts up to $250bn in green, social and sustainability bonds in 2019

HSBC expects a boost in supply of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds in 2019, with as much as $250 billion in total GSS bonds, up from $199.5 billion in 2018.

Irish sovereign wealth fund divests from fossil fuel companies

Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund has sold €68 million ($78 million) of its holdings in fossil fuels, with the country claiming it is among the first in the world to withdraw public money from such investments as part of a decarbonisation strategy.

NTR raises €229m for second renewables fund

European infrastructure developer NTR has attracted commitments of €229 million ($260 million) for its second renewables fund, of which €145 million has been raised at first close.