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Connecting private capital to natural capital
30 August 2016A $300 billion natural capital funding gap can be met by creating products to suit institutional investors, argue Andrew Deutz and Marc Diaz
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Water trading could be worth $13.4bn a year
23 August 2016A $13.4 billion-a-year water trading market could be set up to help alleviate some of the supply shortage problems that afflict many parts of the globe, according to new research.
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Financing solutions for storm water run-off
15 June 2016Financing nature-based solutions, or green infrastructure, reduces the impact of storm water run-off in city streets around the world, argues Craig Holland
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Industry and NGOs lobby airlines to use REDD+ carbon offsets
04 April 2016Airlines have been urged to use emission reduction credits generated by forestry protection projects, in two new papers from the Climate Markets & Investment Association and a group of NGOs.
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The world's first debt swap to protect oceans is 'model for conservation'
15 March 2016Africa's Seychelles has undertaken the "first ever debt swap aimed at ocean conservation and climate mitigation".
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$2bn committed to conservation in US
09 March 2016Private companies were among a raft of organisations to announce more than $2 billion of investments to protect land, water and wildlife in the US.
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Not all types of water projects should be considered green
23 October 2015There is a huge need for infrastructure spending on water projects. But not all of these investments should be eligible for green bonds, argues Giulio Boccaletti
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Voluntary carbon standards bodies VCS and CCB forge closer links
24 November 2014Two of the leading standards bodies in the voluntary carbon market – the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) standards – will, in future, be managed together.
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'Landmark' initiative to boost private finance for conservation
29 April 2014JP Morgan Chase has thrown its weight behind a new 'landmark' initiative to unlock private finance for conservation.