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LSE: Overlooking nature is no longer an option for fiscal policy and debt sustainability analyses

LSE: Overlooking nature is no longer an option for fiscal policy and debt sustainability analyses

يوليو 18, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

by LSE Environmental degradation is a structural economic risk rather than a peripheral concern. Nicola Ranger, Carlo Pasqua and Christopher Adam explain why, as international financial institutions review the IMF-World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework, integrating nature must be a core priority. Integrating nature into fiscal policy is a critical priority

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Pacific Island Countries Unite to Launch Regional Biodiversity Finance Programme

Pacific Island Countries Unite to Launch Regional Biodiversity Finance Programme

يوليو 11, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

Key Impact Points: Pacific Nations Unite for Biodiversity Finance Breakthrough Government representatives from 15 Pacific Island Countries and Territories have officially launched the Pacific Biodiversity Finance (BIOFIN) Umbrella Programme at a four-day inception workshop in Pacific Harbour, Fiji. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF-8), the programme marks a major

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EU Parliament Scraps Deforestation Country Risk Rankings, Casting Doubt on EUDR

EU Parliament Scraps Deforestation Country Risk Rankings, Casting Doubt on EUDR

يوليو 11, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

Key Impact Points: EU Lawmakers Vote Down Country Risk Classification in EUDR The European Parliament has voted to reject the EU Deforestation Regulation’s (EUDR) benchmarking system that categorizes countries by deforestation risk, dealing a significant setback to the bloc’s effort to eliminate deforestation-linked products from EU supply chains. The EUDR,

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Piauí Partners with Silvania to Launch Jurisdictional REDD+ Program for Forest Protection and Sustainable Development

Piauí Partners with Silvania to Launch Jurisdictional REDD+ Program for Forest Protection and Sustainable Development

يوليو 8, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

Key Impact Points: Piauí Advances Climate Leadership with Landmark Carbon Agreement The State of Piauí has signed a breakthrough agreement with Silvania, a global natural capital investment platform backed by a USD $500 million commitment, to implement a jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD) program aimed at halting deforestation and fostering sustainable development.

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Small Island Nations Partner with UNEP to Drive Big Gains in Ecosystem Restoration and Climate Resilience

Small Island Nations Partner with UNEP to Drive Big Gains in Ecosystem Restoration and Climate Resilience

يوليو 8, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

Key Impact Points: Small Islands, Big Impact More than 30 small island developing states (SIDS) are accelerating environmental action through ambitious partnerships with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). These island nations—though among the most vulnerable to climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution—are positioning themselves as global leaders in resilience

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IDB, World Bank Launch Amazonia Bond Program to Drive Sustainable Investment in the Rainforest

IDB, World Bank Launch Amazonia Bond Program to Drive Sustainable Investment in the Rainforest

يوليو 4, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

Key Impact Points: New Bond Program Targets Amazonia’s Climate and Development Goals The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank have jointly launched a new bond issuance program aimed at attracting private capital for sustainable development in the Amazon region. Grounded in newly released Amazonia Bond Issuance Guidelines, the

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World Bank Invests $4 Billion in Nature to Conserve 45 Million Hectares and Mobilize Private Capital

World Bank Invests $4 Billion in Nature to Conserve 45 Million Hectares and Mobilize Private Capital

يوليو 1, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

Key Impact Points: Scaling Nature Investments and Conservation The World Bank Group (WBG) is advancing sustainable development by integrating nature into economic policy and development planning. In fiscal year 2024, projects in the active portfolio brought approximately 45 million hectares of landscapes and seascapes under enhanced conservation or management. This

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UNDP Calls for Scaling Debt-for-Development Swaps to Align Fiscal Relief with Nature Protection

UNDP Calls for Scaling Debt-for-Development Swaps to Align Fiscal Relief with Nature Protection

يوليو 1, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

Key Impact Points: Debt Relief Meets Biodiversity Protection At a key side-event during the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Policy Director Marcos Neto emphasized the urgency of aligning debt relief with climate and biodiversity action. “In 2023, developing economies spent a record

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