Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund team up to scale adaptation projects
The Adaptation Fund (AF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) have announced the launch of a joint framework to assist developing…
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IFAD report highlights ‘major’ climate finance gap for rural women
Climate finance is failing to reach rural women at a sufficient scale to help them adapt to climate change, a…
COP31 will ‘convert pledges and targets into concrete results’, says UN Climate Change head
UN Climate Change executive secretary Simon Stiell has said that he expects COP31, which kicks off in Antalya, Türkiye next…
‘Rethink’ of nature finance needed, with greater emphasis on ecological and social outcomes
Nature finance needs to place greater emphasis on ecological and social outcomes, rather than focusing on market development and financial…
Even if adaptation finance is tripled, many countries needs would remain unmet
The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report 2026 has estimated that developing countries will require around $305 billion in…
Governments need to put economic strategy at the centre of climate ambition at COP31
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has called on governments to ‘put economic strategy at the centre of climate ambition’…
Banks in Pakistan falling short on climate and biodiversity financing policies
Seven of the largest commercial banks in Pakistan are falling short when it comes to climate and biodiversity policies, a…
Shareholder activism can help ‘clean up’ corporate environmental damage
While shareholder activism can play an important role in helping to ‘clean up’ corporate environmental damage, this can come at…
ECB’s Elderson calls for greater investment in nature and biodiversity
Protecting and restoring nature isn’t just case of spending money, it’s an investment in natural capital, resilience and “future prosperity”,…
COP17 reports $500 million in additional biodiversity funding pledges
An additional $500 million in funding pledges for biodiversity and environmental action has been announced at COP17 in Armenia, the…