The agency’s chairman Fatih Birol is pushing for increased institutional support for lagging investment in developing countries. He wants the issue to be the focus of this year’s COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan.
Ahead of World Oceans Day, RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s Harrison Hill looks at some of the drivers of plastic pollution, and the potential role of the fixed income market for investors who want to make an impact.
In a report on progress in their talks with the banks, the collaborating investors say the just transition should be central to banks’ decarbonisation strategies.
The $850m public bond offering has secured backing from BII, IFC and Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund as anchor investors, helping mobilise over $700m of private capital.
The latest report by the Dutch impact investment advisor highlights a lack of investment in the world’s oceans, despite a six-fold jump in ocean-focused funds.
Our latest special report, a collaboration between Impact Investor and sister publications IPE and IPE Real Assets, explores how pension funds and other institutional investors are channeling their investments to support a just transition.
Government fund Invest-NL is one of the investors backing the Groningen-based company which will use the funds to build a new factory in the northern Dutch city of Delfzijl.
The UK is one of the most regionally unequal countries within the 38-member Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Could place-based impact investing provide a solution?
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