Key Impact Points: At the upcoming COP29 climate summit, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will advocate for crucial debt relief and climate investment. The SIDS4 meeting in Antigua and Barbuda underscores the need for a coordinated approach to financial resilience and sustainable growth. Debt Relief and Climate Investment Strategic Vision
Key Impact Points: Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne delivered a compelling address at the SIDS Global Business Network Forum 2024, advocating for innovative public-private partnerships to drive sustainable economic growth in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Browne highlighted the untapped potential of sports tourism and the orange economy,
Building small islands’ resilience to external threats and charting new pathways to sustainable prosperity front and centre at UN Conference The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) opened today in Antigua and Barbuda to deliver a bold new and transformative plan of action to help SIDS build resilience, tackle
Key Impact Points IFC and the Italian Climate Fund have announced a $210 million investment in Eni S.p.A.’s Kenya subsidiary. This investment will expand advanced biofuel production, supporting decarbonization and benefiting up to 200,000 small-scale Kenyan oilseed farmers. IFC will contribute $135 million, while the Italian Climate Fund will add
Global banks and financial institutions have an annual $44 billion revenue opportunity through 2030 from an increasingly pressing requirement for financing and investment in the low-carbon transition, Bain & Company research reveals today in a new analysis. Bain’s study highlights a $600 billion “addressable opportunity” for banks and other global financial institutions to fill a gap
By Rach Colling A new science-policy study from EFI sets out how forest-related biodiversity could be included in the EU Taxonomy, to help encourage sustainable investments in forests. The EU Taxonomy Regulation creates a common set of indicators and criteria to classify sustainable commercial activities and investments. While forest-related activities
Close to 60 countries, as well as companies and development institutions, gather in Paris to channel unprecedented resources towards addressing a challenge affecting huge numbers of women and children The first ever high-level Summit focused on providing clean cooking access to the more than 1 billion people in Africa who
Broadening our ambition in greenhouse gas reduction Standard Chartered enhances net zero roadmap with commitment to deliver methane (CH4) emissions reduction target. A methane target aligns with Standard Chartered’s focus on reducing carbon dioxide-related (CO2) financed emissions and supports the companies ambition to be net zero by 2050. The Group has
By Niccolo Conte | Article/Editing: Dorothy Neufeld The World’s Richest Countries Across 3 Metrics This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. How do you measure the economic success of a country? By one classic measure,
By Simon Jessop, Reuters A global insurance coalition intended to help curb the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions has relaunched with a new name and weaker membership requirements in response to companies fleeing over allegations of collusion by Republican politicians in the United States. The Net Zero Insurance Alliance The insurance group,
