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Omnibus CSRD cuts threaten investor access to sustainability data, Dutch regulator says

The Dutch financial markets supervisor has urged companies to continue reporting sustainability information in line with the current version of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), as it warned that EU proposals to change the CSRD threatened investor access to data.

French regulator wades into CSRD debate with call for faster adoption of sector-specific ESRS

The French accounting standards authority has suggested the EU should speed up adoption of sector-specific reporting standards as part of a radical overhaul that could contribute to reducing requirements under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

Climate Bonds Initiative names advisory board, to consult on new climate resilience taxonomy

Global Commission on Adaptation urged to develop climate risk tools

The Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) has been urged to consider funding the development of climate data risk analysis tools for investors, in a report that says it could help solve one of the biggest barriers to investment in climate adaptation measures.

People moves: IOSCO, London Stock Exchange Group, Simmons & Simmons, UBS

Peter Damgaard Jensen has been appointed as co-organizer of the newly founded Global Commission on Adaptation. Damgaard Jensen also acts as CEO of Danish pension scheme PKA and chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), an investor association taking action to support a low-carbon future.

CBI updates green bond water criteria to accommodate natural capital

Wetlands, watersheds and forests will become an acceptable use of proceeds for Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI)-certified green bonds under revised criteria.

The world's first debt swap to protect oceans is 'model for conservation'

Africa's Seychelles has undertaken the "first ever debt swap aimed at ocean conservation and climate mitigation".

Largest wind project in Africa secures €623m in financing

The biggest clean power energy project in Africa has taken a major leap forward by signing €623 million ($859.6 million) in financing to allow it move it into the construction phase.

COP Blog: WTF – Where's The Finance?

The annual UN climate talks – known as the Conference of Parties, or COP – had been billed, all too optimistically, as a 'Finance COP'.