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

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

يونيو 20, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

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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UK Proposes Major Expansion of Bottom Trawling Ban to Safeguard Marine Protected Areas

UK Proposes Major Expansion of Bottom Trawling Ban to Safeguard Marine Protected Areas

يونيو 20, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

Key Impact Points: Government Moves to Curb Destructive Fishing Practices The UK government has proposed new measures to ban bottom trawling—a fishing method that drags heavy nets along the seabed—in 41 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), covering approximately 30,000 square kilometers of English waters. The initiative is designed to protect fragile

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

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

يونيو 16, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

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

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

يونيو 16, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

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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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

يونيو 12, 2025 لا توجد تعليقات

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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