Two years since the signing of the Paris climate agreement and eight years after Copenhagen, countries on both side of the rich-poor divide are falling short on promises made to address climate change through clean energy investment, research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) finds in an article on the Renewable Energy Focus website.   … Continue reading Reviewing progress in addressing climate change through clean energy investment →

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the September update on global developments in climate finance institutions.   Climate Finance Institutional Update: Green Bond Issuance Reaches US$96 Billion September was marked by a flurry of meetings, announcements and reports by multilateral development banks (MDBs), climate funds and other actors … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance institutions →

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the August update on global developments in climate finance.   Climate Finance Update – Institutional News: ADB Raises US$1.25 Billion through Green Bonds Typically a quiet month for multilateral news, the month of August nevertheless saw momentum in green bonds, with the … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance →

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the July update on global developments in climate finance.   Climate Finance Update: Climate Funds Announced for Africa During the month of July, major multilateral meetings drew attention to the need for adequate and predictable climate finance for developing countries, with only … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance →