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Substantial upside for renewables even if IRA partially repealed, GMO says

In "almost all" cases, global renewables stocks have positive prospects even if the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is repealed in full by president-elect Donald Trump, "and in many cases, the upsides are substantial", investment manager GMO has said.

Webinar: BlackRock and Allianz on solving the transition finance gap in emerging markets

A greater understanding of the perceived risks in emerging markets will likely help pave the way for more investment in transition finance in the coming years, an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

EU GBS: 2025 focus on 'how to cope' with asset challenges, says KfW

German development bank KfW does not expect much issuance using the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) in 2025, but the long-standing green bond issuer said it would focus on "how to cope" with the challenges the 'gold standard' rules create around identifying eligible assets.

Investors invited to apply for UK govt's £100m EM climate finance facility

The UK Government will open applications for asset managers to secure funding from its £100 million ($127.4 million) emerging markets-focused facility in the New Year.

SFDR updates will be 2025's biggest challenge for impact VCs, says Revaia

Compliance with any changes to the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) will be the 'biggest challenge' of the new year, a French sustainable venture capitalist has told Environmental Finance.

Hong Kong sets timeline for ISSB adoption

Hong Kong's government has launched a 'roadmap' for the adoption of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)-aligned disclosure standards, with full adoption "no later than 2028" for all 'large publicly accountable entities'.

'Now is not the time to take the easy path' on disclosure, Mary Schapiro tells EU

The EU has been advised not to take "the easy path" as it considers cutting the sustainability reporting requirements, by one of the architects of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Sustainable debt round-up: KDDI Corporation, QIC, Charter Hall ... and more

More coherence needed to scale nature finance, says UNEP FI, WWF

More coherence between governments, central banks and private financiers is needed to scale nature investment, a new report by the UN Environment Programme's Finance Initiative and WWF's Greening Financial Regulation Initiative has said.

EFRAG asks for clarity on what omnibus means for its sustainability standards

A leading figure at the EU's corporate reporting adviser has pleaded for clarity from the European Commission on what rumours of upheaval to sustainability reporting frameworks will mean for its own work.