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'We are not going to have a Paris Accord every year': The investor verdict on COP30

While COP30 in Belem failed to deliver on some points - most notably a lack of a roadmap away from fossil fuels - there was acknowledgement on the role of adaptation finance and deforestation.

COP30 should trigger investment in adaptation, says EdenTree

Support for adaptation financing in the COP30 agreement will provide the sustainable finance community with the recognition that adaptation is a "holistic response" to climate change, EdenTree Investment Management has claimed.

Fresh backing helps BlueMark launch impact intelligence platform

Tell us you'll buy transition bonds before we embrace new label, issuer urges investors

Investors will need to show they want to buy bonds that use a transition label before issuers feel comfortable adapting existing frameworks to do so, according to a senior figure at the Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV).

SDR was a 'line in the sand moment', says EdenTree, as it labels full range

EdenTree Investment Management has aligned all of its fund range to the UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regulation, saying it has helped remove much of the confusion in the sector around definitions.

UK scales up private nature platform

EU Commission could have given itself more time on SFDR 2.0, says Clarity AI

The EU Commission's UK-inspired reboot of the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) could lead to some of the same teething issues, according to sustainability technology company Clarity AI.

Lloyds in talks on nature bonds

Lloyds Bank has revealed to Environmental Finance that it is working with its clients on how to issue a nature bond.

ISS: 'Good pipeline' for 'European Green Bonds'

The advantages for issuers are gradually becoming more evident, writes Ahren Lester

COP30: A disappointing final text... but some important victories

The sustainable finance community hailed some key victories resulting from the COP30 talks but, overall, the level of ambition in the final text was "disappointing".