Analysis

  • 'Focused' IDB Amazonia Bond 'really hits the spot'

    21 November 2025

    The pioneering Amazon-focused deal offers a uniquely impactful template for other issuers and ecosystems to adopt, investors tell Ahren Lester

  • Can COP30 put Brazil's impact investment opportunities on the map?

    20 November 2025

    Brazil's impact investment market is at 'inflection' point and the conference in Belem could be transformative. Jennifer Forrest reports

  • Bill Gates is right about innovation - but wrong about what drives it

    20 November 2025

    The climate challenge is not only about what we invent, but about how we behave, and how finance can support that change in behaviour, writes Michael Schlup

  • A COP of many small announcements

    18 November 2025

    The announcements from Belem seem underwhelming so far, but a focus on forests and fossil fuel phaseouts may save the day. Peter Cripps reports

  • Climate finance must prioritise ocean-based solutions

    18 November 2025

    As COP30 progresses, the message is clear: the blue economy is no longer a side story, it is at the heart of climate action, writes Willem Visser

  • The quest to account for the real value of forests

    14 November 2025

    A groundbreaking initiative is seeking to put a price on the ecosystem services provided by forests. Peter Cripps reports

  • Why Nest is sticking with BlackRock

    12 November 2025

    Although PFZW has dropped BlackRock, Nest Pensions has chosen to stick with its asset managers after engaging with them. Diandra Soobiah speaks with Jennifer Forrest

  • Axa IM: What do we expect from COP30?

    11 November 2025

    Green bonds are part of the toolkit needed to advance the pledges made at COPs, write Johann Plé and Mariana Socorro Villanueva

  • PRI: Our signatories are not walking away, they are doubling down

    10 November 2025

    Despite the ESG backlash, the consideration of sustainability information is more relevant than ever, the PRI's David Atkin tells Peter Cripps

  • The Rise of the Adaptation Economy

    07 November 2025

    The adaptation agenda has yet to leave the starting line, writes Simon Zadek