Climate & environment

The hosts say the summit marked a step up in ambitions to reform multilateral institutions and mobilise public and private investment in low-income countries. But its success will be judged in terms of what happens next.

Over the past decade, the EU-backed EIT Climate-KIC accelerator programme has supported 2,100 solutions and secured nearly €2bn in capital to address different aspects to the climate challenge.

Report finds sevenfold rise in private financing for emerging markets is required in the next decade to meet climate and energy goals.

Agreement seen as key to achieving the ocean-related goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Montreal UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15).

APG Asset Management, on behalf of Dutch pension giant ABP, has led the investment in the bond which will focus on offshore biodiversity and sustainable shipping.

The climate fund, which exceeded its original funding goal, aims to support emissions reduction solutions in industries where they are hard to achieve. 

The Restoration Seed Capital Facility, co-led by the UN Environment Programme, aims to unlock more private finance for the restoration and preservation of forests in developing countries by backing impact funds in the space.

In the second of two articles looking at the capacity building challenge, we talk to BlueOrchard and Earth Capital Limited about their approach to providing support to investees.

Clean Energy Ventures has led the financing to support UK-based OXCCU in its quest to develop and market sustainable fuel which it believes can be produced at cost parity with kerosene-based jet fuel.   

Pension funds and asset owners should be warming to the potential and necessity of biodiversity-themed investments, according to Pensions for Purpose, which produced the report commissioned by Gresham House.