[ad_1] Dubai: Incorporating business and philanthropy in climate action is crucial to achieving net-zero targets by 2050 and $3-4 billion in climate funding a year, COP28 special representative for business…
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COP28: World’s top donors join IFC to lure $11 billion in climate cash
[ad_1] Some of the world’s biggest charities have joined forces with the World Bank’s private investment arm in a climate financing venture to try to generate $11 billion in investments…
Global Capacity Building Coalition: Development banks and private sector launch new push to boost climate finance
[ad_1] Efforts to accelerate flows of climate finance received a boost this morning, as a coalition of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), private sector groups, and philanthropic organisations formally launched a…
Richer nations likely to have met $100bn climate finance goal in 2022
[ad_1] Industrialised nations appear to have belatedly met the goal of mobilising $100bn of climate finance a year in developing economies, according to a new analysis from the OECD. The…
‘Short-sighted’: 70 NGOs slam UK tweaks to climate finance accounting
[ad_1] More than 70 UK NGOs, green groups and other civil society organisations have today written to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to demand the government reverses recent changes its…
Ghana’s Economy Expected to Recover Its Potential By 2025, says World Bank Report
[ad_1] ACCRA, July 19, 2023 — A combination of domestic imbalances and external shocks in 2022, led to macroeconomic challenges in Ghana. The year was marked by currency depreciation, rising…
EU fell short in vetting BlackRock for green banking rules, watchdog says
[ad_1] By Kate Abnett, Simon Jessop BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – The European Commission failed to properly consider conflicts of interest when it appointed a division of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset…
Greece to spend big part of EU recovery funds on green, digital projects
[ad_1] ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece plans to spend more than half of the 32 billion euros ($38 billion) it will get from the European Union’s recovery fund on green and…
France to rein in export guarantees for oil and gas industry
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – France will stop providing state export guarantees to projects involving dirty forms of oil such as shale from next year, followed by all types of oil…
UK issues sustainable finance best practice for asset managers
[ad_1] * BSI launches best-practice requirements * Aims to help lay groundwork for global standards * Part of UK push to lead on green finance LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) –…