Climate change is a global concern. Unfortunately many of the most vulnerable countries are also amongst the poorest. The north has made commitments to provide funding but, as Fiona Harvey explains in The Guardian, the funding is well behind their pledges.   Climate change aid to poor nations lags behind Paris pledges Finance for poor … Continue reading Developing countries still struggling to get sufficient funding for climate change measures →

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the March and April update on climate finance institutions.   Climate Finance Institutional Update: IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings Promote Investment in Sustainable Growth During the months of March and April 2018, finance experts addressed global financial and economic risks, including … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance institutions →

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the February update on global developments in climate finance institutions.   Climate Finance Institutional Update: Focus on Greener Shipping in Europe In February 2018 institutional climate finance news, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved a significant amount of project funding and elected … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance institutions →

Adam Fishman writes on the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s SDG Knowledge Hub website about recent developments in financing sustainable development.   Blended Finance and Private Sector Contributions to the SDGs How will we finance sustainable development? In last week’s SDG Knowledge Weekly, we saw the possibilities that blockchain technology holds for development finance. This … Continue reading Developments in financing sustainable development →

The European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance is expected to be published in March 2018. As an input to that report, the EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance has issued its final report. This article comes from the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s website.   EU Expert Group Provides Recommendations for Sustainable Finance … Continue reading ‘Financing a Sustainable European Economy:’ high-level expert group report now published →