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Climate finance skewed against women, says World Bank advisor

Gender-related criteria must not be seen as tokenistic for developing countries accessing climate finance, a World Bank executive has said.

COP26 round-up, 2 November: India, deforestation and methane

A brief summary of the biggest news related to COP26 in Glasgow on 2 November.

World Bank initiative calls on COP26 to urgently set 'true price' on carbon

Just transition, inequality, and diversity are 'next hot topics for ESG data'

Improved data on diversity and inclusion has come to the "forefront of investors' demands"...

Technological advances lower barriers to entry for spatial finance, study finds

Financial institutions are increasingly using 'spatial finance' data to assess climate risk after technological advances

Pakistan explores issuing first sovereign 'nature performance bond'

Pakistan could become the first sovereign to issue a nature performance bond, it has been revealed.

News Round Up: EU Just Transition, Sustaintech Xcelerator

News Round Up: World Bank, Bridgewater, CIMB, and more

ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference round up

Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference ended after two days of panels, speed networking sessions, and discussion groups.

Social bonds: powered up by the pandemic

ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference: The explosion of issuance of social bonds in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the potential of these flexible instruments.