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KfW launches Latin America green bond fund

KfW has invested €74 million ($86 million) in a Latin America green bond fund the German development bank has initiated...

COP26 draft agreement 'needs more ambition'

A draft agreement thrashed out at COP26 has been praised for committing to phase out coal and subsidies for fossil fuels, but was lambasted for failing to scale up climate finance to the most vulnerable countries, and was accused of an overall lack of ambition.

COP26 round-up, 10 November: Cars, Amazon and asset owners

COP climate finance commitments are 'flimflam, but good flimflam'

The string of headline-grabbing climate finance commitments announced at the COP26 UN climate summit are "flimflam...

COP26 round-up, 9 November: Nuclear, Obama and gender

AIIB: Investors must focus on developing countries

Private investors must focus more on adaptation to climate change in developing countries if COP26 is to be a success...

COP26 round-up, 8 November: Adaptation & Resilience Day, GRII index, climate resilience finance

Markets 'unmoved' by blizzard of COP26 announcements

The flurry of announcements emanating from the COP26 summit in Glasgow have yet to make an impact on financial markets, a sustainability-focused fund manager has claimed.

AXA IM to divest from climate 'laggards' in 2025

Axa Investment Managers (IM) will divest from firms it deems to be "climate laggards" and fail to respond to engagement...

'Much needed' EU, China common ground taxonomy published

The International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) has published its long-awaited initial scoping report detailing its "common ground" taxonomy (CGT) of green activities, described as a "much-needed" attempt to set global definitions.