COP

  • Governments 'in the dark' following COP16 failure, say UK MPs

    06 November 2024

    The UK Environmental Audit Committee has warned that slow progress at COP16 has left governments "in the dark", calling for government ministers to "bridge the gap" on ambition.

  • IIGCC CEO calls for 'ambitious' NCQG ahead of COP29

    04 November 2024

    A more "ambitious" New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance could help avoid a delay to global climate action and give clear recognition of the private sector's role, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) said.

  • COP16: EU 'stepping up' on attracting nature finance

    01 November 2024

    The EU has committed around €160 million ($173.9 million) across various nature initiatives at COP16, with aims to attract private capital and scale up nature credit markets.

  • Investors told to help countries build next round of national climate targets

    31 October 2024

    Institutional investors have been urged to actively help countries draw up the next round of their national climate plans, to ensure these plans direct investment where it is most needed and ensure more effective use of blended finance.

  • Finance emerges as battleground at COP16

    31 October 2024

    By Peter Cripps at COP16 in Cali, Colombia

  • Coalition to develop standards for sovereign debt conversions for nature

    30 October 2024
  • Barbados 'set to launch $300m water-focused debt swap'

    29 October 2024

    By Peter Cripps at COP16 in Cali, Colombia

  • EU-China common ground taxonomy to be expanded at COP29

    29 October 2024

    The EU-China Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT) is to be expanded at COP29, Ma Jun has revealed.

  • Eight governments pledge over $160m to Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

    29 October 2024

    Eight more governments have pledged an additional $163 million to the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, including the UK, France and Germany.

  • COP16: 'High-integrity' biodiversity credit framework launches - and says 'no to international offsetting'

    29 October 2024

    A framework has been launched at COP16 to guide the growth of a "high-integrity" biodiversity credit market, with one of its key pieces of guidance being that it does not support "international offsetting".

  • IDB Invest backs ground-breaking BBVA 'biodiversity bond' in Colombia

    28 October 2024

    IDB Invest has invested in a landmark $70 million green bond from the Colombian arm of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) which is dedicated to biodiversity-related projects.

  • COP16: TNFD launches transition guidance

    28 October 2024

    The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released draft guidance on nature transition plans, labelling these as critical to meeting the Global Biodiversity Framework.

  • COP16: Countries clash over Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

    25 October 2024

    Negotiators at COP16 have clashed on whether the development of a global biodiversity fund is necessary, with dividing lines being drawn on the risk of fragmentation.