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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.

Geoffroy Marcassoli, sustainability assurance leader at PwC Luxembourg, reflects on the debate over impact carried interest and why assurance should never be an afterthought in private equity.

Modern slavery remains one of the most overlooked human rights challenges, yet it is deeply embedded in global supply chains and, by extension, in institutional investor portfolios, argues Maria Nazarova-Doyle.

After laying the foundations, the MENA region is building an investable impact economy from the ground up, with resilient businesses that are ready to scale, says Safia Tmiri, executive director at Alfanar.

As the world of international aid changes, Jeremy Coller, Fiona Reynolds and David Pinkus from the Coller Pensions Institute explore why expanding pension coverage is a worthy goal and how donors can help.

Impact investors must be able to demonstrate how their capital creates unique value beyond conventional markets. Michael Brown believes a new framework focused on additionality using three distinct pathways can help.

Multinational development banks play a growing and crucial role in unlocking investment for sustainable development in emerging markets, but private capital should step up, write ILX Management’s Manfred Schepers and Luz Martinez.

As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development approaches, Umberto Marengo looks at the role of blended finance in mobilising private capital for sustainable development, highlighting the need for more effective deployment at scale.

Investors in real assets can harness urban design and nature-based solutions to safeguard against climate-related risks in cities and urban areas, say Emily Hamilton and Julie Futcher.

Education and employment are key development challenges for many parts of Africa. A substantial increase in funding, and the development of innovative investment opportunities are needed, say Paul Ronalds and Sandeep Aneja.