Tag: climate finance
The COP30 Presidency has released its Executive Report, setting out a broad implementation agenda designed to move global climate action beyond negotiation cycles and into sustained execution across economies and...
• India launches a national carbon market portal to operationalize its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme across sectors• Nearly 490 entities across seven energy intensive industries now face compliance targets under...
CDP, the global non-profit behind the world’s largest independent environmental disclosure platform, has partnered with Google.org to develop an artificial intelligence tool designed to help cities, states, and regional governments...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a new Green Economy Transition Strategy covering the period from 2026 to 2030, setting a more ambitious direction for climate finance...
South African financiers are developing a 2 billion rand ($122 million) conservation bond designed to fund ecological restoration projects that protect the country’s most critical water catchments. The five year...
The Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative relaunched Wednesday with more than 250 signatories, marking the return of one of the world’s most influential climate finance alliances after a year...
British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has surpassed its $1 billion climate finance commitment for India under its 2022–2026 strategy, confirming $1.1 billion deployed...
The International Organization for Standardization has released ISO 14092:2026 Climate Change Adaptation, a new international standard designed to help local governments, communities, and organizations plan and implement climate adaptation strategies...
Europe’s Climate Finance Strategy Deepens Through Banking Partnerships The European Investment Bank and BBVA have signed two agreements aimed at accelerating green lending and strengthening climate finance capabilities across Europe’s...
A Development Lens on Climate Policy India’s climate strategy is being recalibrated around development realities rather than abstract emissions targets, according to the Economic Survey 2025–26 tabled in Parliament by...
• Abu Dhabi leverages policy, capital markets, and cross border partnerships to scale climate finance across emerging and developed economies• ADSFF convenes global investors, regulators, and innovators to accelerate investment...
• COP30 ended without a roadmap to phase out coal, oil and gas, despite support from more than 80 countries.• Governments backed climate finance ambitions of $1.3 trillion annually for...
• Countries agreed to mobilise at least $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 for global climate action, with adaptation finance set to triple.• The loss and damage fund moves into a...
• Negotiators enter the midpoint of COP30 with core issues split into separate tracks, raising questions over whether a unified deal can still emerge.• Indigenous leaders intensify pressure on Brazil’s...
The global banking group HSBC Holdings plc has published an updated Net Zero Transition Plan (NZTP), reaffirming its objective to become a net zero bank by 2050. Yet the move...
By ESG News Staff San Francisco–based Perigon Wealth Management has acquired Gitterman Wealth Management and Gitterman Asset Management, two New Jersey–based firms known for their focus on climate-aware investing. The...
Long-Term Climate Credit for High-Risk Economies Climate Fund Managers (CFM), MUFG Bank, FinDev Canada, and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have achieved a $600 million first close for the GAIA...
• France’s new development minister Eleonore Caroit says Paris will continue backing the World Bank’s 45% climate finance target despite U.S. opposition.• The Trump administration is pressing the lender to...
• British International Investment’s (BII) $60 million investment supports the $510 million Green Investment Partnership (GIP) under Singapore’s FAST-P framework.• The initiative aims to close Southeast Asia’s $210 billion annual...
A Coalition Unravels The UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), once the flagship coalition of global lenders committed to decarbonizing finance, has ceased operations following a membership vote. The decision closes...
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