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How Asia Can Unlock $800 Billion of Climate Financing (IMF)
A new blog published by the IMF highlights how governments, central banks, financial supervisors, and multilateral institutions could attract large amonts of private capital if they were to adopt a
Introducing the UNEP-University of Oxford Sustainable Budgeting Approach
The jointly develped UNEP-University of Oxford Sustainable Budgeting Approach (SBA) is a decision-support tool designed to help policymakers identify and resource strategic policy opportunities that promote national economic development while
Climate Goals and Debt: A Fiscal Balancing Act (IMF Podcast)
Global warming is wreaking havoc on so many levels, but climate action is costly and presents policymakers with difficult tradeoffs. High debt, rising interest rates, and weaker growth prospects make
Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2023 (OECD)
The OECDs annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, the five non-OECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies. It finds that
Green Deal Industrial Plan: securing the EU’s clean tech leadership
MEPs say the EU must lead in clean energy technologies, improve its industrial base, and produce high quality jobs and economic growth to reach the Green Deal goals. In a
Who should pay for loss and damage? Spoiler: not China
At UN climate summit, rich countries agreed to set up a dedicated fund to address the loss and damage caused by climate disasters, after years of blocking. This was a big
Getting to Net Zero: the Vital Role of Transition Finance with Zoe Knight of HSBC
In this podcast, Zoe Knight, Managing Director and Group Head, HSBC Centre of Sustainable Finance, will discuss the global sustainable finance agenda and the growing focus on transition finance in
Climate and Capital – Perspectives on the Latest Research & Practice
In this podcast, Raf Hussain (Global Head of Strategic Planning and Stress Testing at HSBC) and Ben Carr (Analytics and Capital Modelling Director at Aviva) discuss an important area of
Italian government considering support for international fossil fuel projects that would emit 3.5 times Italy’s annual emissions, despite major climate promise
Despite pledging to stop international financing for fossil fuel projects by the end of 2022, new analysis by Oil Change International shows that the Italian Government is continuing to actively consider financing