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Singapore Opens Public Consultation on Draft Guidance for Voluntary Carbon Credit Use

Singapore Opens Public Consultation on Draft Guidance for Voluntary Carbon Credit Use

Key Impact Points: Singapore Unveils Draft Guidelines for Voluntary Carbon Market The Singapore government has released a draft guidance document detailing how companies can credibly use voluntary carbon credits as part of their decarbonisation plans. Jointly issued by the National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI),

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ECB Adds Nature Loss Indicator to Climate Disclosures as Portfolio Emissions Decline

ECB Adds Nature Loss Indicator to Climate Disclosures as Portfolio Emissions Decline

Key Impact Points: ECB Introduces Nature Exposure Metric in Climate Reporting The European Central Bank (ECB) has released its third climate-related financial disclosure, introducing a new indicator that evaluates how ECB and Eurosystem corporate portfolios depend on or impact nature. This marks a significant step in aligning climate and biodiversity

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Norway Launches World’s First Full-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage Value Chain with Longship Project

Norway Launches World’s First Full Carbon Capture and Storage Value Chain with $2B Government Investment

Key Impact Points: Norway’s Historic CCS Breakthrough Norway has officially launched Longship, the world’s first complete carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain – from industrial capture to permanent seabed storage. The milestone project is Europe’s first at this scale and is supported by NOK 22 billion in state funding,

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Kyrgyzstan Unveils SDG Investor Map to Attract Sustainable Capital

Kyrgyzstan Unveils SDG Investor Map to Attract Sustainable Capital

Key Impact Points: Kyrgyzstan Joins Global Push for SDG-Aligned Investment The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Investment Agency under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic have officially launched the Kyrgyzstan SDG Investor Map, a data-driven market intelligence tool designed to boost sustainable private investment. Unlocking Investment Aligned

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Scaling investment for Africa’s sustainable 'blue economy' - Marisa Drew

Scaling Investment for Africa’s Sustainable ‘Blue Economy’ – Marisa Drew

by Marisa Drew (chief sustainability officer at Standard Chartered) Despite carrying 80% of the world’s trade, absorbing 30% of its carbon-dioxide emissions and providing food security for almost 3 billion people, the global “blue economy” (oceans and waterways) is suffering from acute underinvestment, and nowhere more so than in Africa.

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Nasdaq Launches Free Online Carbon Academy to Accelerate Climate Action Education

Nasdaq Launches Free Online Carbon Academy to Accelerate Climate Action Education

Key Impact Points: Nasdaq and AirMiners Team Up on Carbon Removal Education Nasdaq has unveiled the Nasdaq Carbon Academy, a free, self-paced online course designed to educate professionals on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and its integration into corporate climate strategies. The program was co-developed with AirMiners, a climate innovation hub

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ERS Acquires Equitable Earth to Scale Indigenous-Led Forest Carbon Standard

ERS Acquires Equitable Earth to Scale Indigenous-Led Forest Carbon Standard

Key Impact Points: ERS Acquires Indigenous-Focused Forest Carbon Standard ERS, an ICVCM-approved carbon standard focused on nature-based solutions, has acquired Equitable Earth, a forest carbon standard co-developed by Indigenous leaders, community stakeholders, and technical experts. The move marks a significant shift in voluntary carbon markets toward prioritizing high-integrity, community-rooted REDD+

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SDG News Spotlight of the Week: Sir David Attenborough

SDG News Spotlight of the Week: Sir David Attenborough

“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” — Sir David Attenborough At 99 years old, Sir

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Unlocking bioeconomy finance: Connecting capital markets and forest conservation in the Amazon

UNEP FI Backs Living Amazon Mechanism to Channel Private Capital into Biodiversity, Bioeconomy Solutions

Key Impact Points: Connecting Capital Markets with Conservation As the world prepares for COP30—the “COP of Solutions”—one urgent challenge remains: how to finance global goals for nature and biodiversity. Meeting the Rio Conventions’ targets will require more than public funding; it will demand bold private sector investment and partnerships. The

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SWEN CP launches the second vintage of its impact ocean fund Download Accueil / News / SWEN CP launches the second vintage of its impact ocean fund

SWEN Capital Partners Launches €300 Million Fund for Ocean Biodiversity, World’s Largest Impact Venture Fund of Its Kind

Key Impact Points: SWEN Capital Partners Scales Ocean Impact Strategy with Second Blue Ocean Fund SWEN Capital Partners has raised €160 million in the first close of SWEN Blue Ocean 2, the world’s largest ocean-focused impact venture fund. With a €300 million target, the fund will back startups advancing technologies

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