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Only 29 countries deliver national biodiversity plans ahead of COP16 deadline
16 October 2024Just 29 out of almost 200 countries have submitted their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), ahead of the COP16 deadline, organisers have revealed.
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Colombia and Brazil give hope for 'next generation of JETPs' ahead of COP29
04 October 2024Momentum is growing behind the "next generation" of Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) ahead of COP29, with Colombia and Brazil 'country platforms' seeking to learn from the mistakes of earlier initiatives, according to E3G.
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Need to 'find new money' at COP16, say organisers
27 September 2024COP16 will need to find "new money" from the private sector, organisers of the biodiversity conference have told media, as it looks to create a financial mobilisation mechanism.
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Second Trump presidency and trade wars threaten to slow transition to a crawl, Generation says
19 September 2024Twin threats of a second term for Donald Trump and global trade wars risk "slow[ing] the energy transition down to a crawl" as global trade verges on collapse, according to Generation Investment Management.
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Reform of international financial architecture gaining momentum before COP29, Aviva says
09 September 2024Calls to reform the international financial architecture to better support the achievement of the Paris Agreement goals are growing louder, as countries prepare for COP29 and their next round of climate targets, according to Aviva Investors.
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UK nature investment fund first close 'soon', says Lord Benyon
12 March 2024The UK government-backed Big Nature Impact Fund (BNIF) is expected to announce its first close from private investors "soon", according to a senior minister.
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Phasing out fossil fuels requires new transition-away products, says Natixis
01 March 2024Innovative financial tools and products are needed to 'transition away' from fossil fuels and exit 'brown' activities, said Natixis CIB.
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New climate finance target 'to be set at next COP'
04 January 2024This year's COP needs to set an enhanced target for climate finance, a pension fund has argued, as the amount mobilised eventually needs to move from the "billions to the trillions".
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COP28 'a success for nature', says NatureFinance
15 December 2023Nature was a key part of the agenda at COP28, with emerging nature finance mechanisms a key talking point.
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COP28: Carbon markets rue Article 6 negotiation 'failure'
13 December 2023Carbon market participants lamented a "disappointing" lack of progress on agreeing a global carbon market mechanism, after last-ditch talks ended in "failure".