The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the December update on global developments on climate finance institutions.   Climate Finance Institutional Update: One Planet Closes Climate Financing Year on High Note During the month of December 2017, the One Planet Summit in France, and its Climate Finance Day, delivered … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance institutions →

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the November update on global developments on climate finance institutions.   Climate Finance Institutional Update: Adaptation Finance in the Spotlight During the month of November, the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 23) generated numerous activities … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance institutions →

The impact of climate change is understandably causing concerns for the entire financial sector. Increasingly there are floods or storms or drought or whatever. To better identify where risks may be increasing Deutsche Asset Management has started using a new tool to map such risks. Emily Chasan explains in an article on the Bloomberg website. … Continue reading Deutsche Asset Management uses detailed mapping tool to identify where assets most at risk due to climate change →

The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the October update on global developments in climate finance institutions.   Climate Finance Institutional Update: New Financing from Climate Funds, Green Bonds During the month of October, the Boards of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Adaptation Fund approved new funding … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance institutions →

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 →