Climate & environment

Norfund has joined AIIM’s IDEAS Fund and the Mahlako Energy Fund to launch Anthem, a large-scale renewable energy platform which integrates several businesses and projects covering wind, solar PV and a hydroelectric plant.

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) offer investors a way to align their investments with measurable environmental outcomes, while also serving as a test of both government policy credibility and environmental ambition, according to Ninety One.

NBIM says the investment will broaden its exposure to global energy transition projects and decarbonisation initiatives.

The French asset manager has invested in Revfin, a Delhi-based non-banking financial company specialising in electric vehicle financing.

ABW is looking for non-profits who use AI to tackle pressing and impactful challenges in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Climate ventures need a wider ecosystem of support if they are to succeed, with less focus on the unicorns and more focus on the wider forest, argues Ben Honan, investment lead at Climate KIC.

A Rainforest Foundation Norway and the Rights and Resources Initiative report reveals declining financial support to strengthen tenure rights for indigenous people.

FSD Africa has partnered with the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation on a programme to help African governments unlock fiscal space for sustainable development and climate action.

EIB-coordinated report shows climate finance reached record levels in 2024, with private co-finance rising 33% to $134bn. But officials warn of a funding gap as attention turns to COP30 targets.

Rock Flour Company has raised €6.1m in a seed round led by the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark and Novo Holdings for its carbon removal and regenerative agriculture solution using Greenlandic rock flour.