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COP27 Failed the Most Climate-Vulnerable
Drew Corbyn of Netherlands-based global off-grid solar body GOGLA, outlines three urgent courses of action to accelerate access to electricity.
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- Energy, Environment
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European Investment Bank Approves €24 Billion for Business, Transport, Social and Climate Investment
The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) today approved €23.6 billion of new financing.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Investing, Technology, Transportation
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Press Release: BlueMark Publishes Framework to Bring More Clarity to Impact Reporting
BlueMark's framework is designed to evaluate the completeness and reliability of impact reporting prepared by fund managers for their investors.
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- Impact Assessment
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Germany Commits 21 Million EUR Sustainable Energy Transition in Displacement Settings
This week the German Federal Foreign Office formally committed 21 million EUR to support the sustainable energy transition in displacement settings.
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- Energy
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- Global
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- migrants, refugees, renewable energy, SDGs
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Press Release: Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) Closes the Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 5 – the Fifth Issuance in the Women’s Livelihood Bond™ Series and the World’s First Orange Bond
The US$50 million IIX Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 5 is the first sustainable debt security in the market issued in compliance with the Orange Bond Principles and is expected to empower ~300,000 women and girls across Asia and Africa.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: Can We Rewrite the Rules of Green Finance Quickly Enough?
The use of ESG analysis in investment decision-making is still routinely conflated with the measurement of sustainable outcomes. We need a sharper lens.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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What Governments Must Agree at COP15 to Accelerate Business Action on Biodiversity and Nature
The UN Biodiversity COP15 finally opens its doors in Montreal this week after a two-year delay, and the stakes for our world could not be higher.
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- Environment
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- climate change
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Leading ‘Sustainable’ Investment Funds Backing Fossil Fuels, Research Finds
“Lack of regulation makes for a Wild West of sustainable fund management”, Edward Lander from Ethical Consumer said.
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- Energy
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