18 March 2019
Refresh and Reset at the GCF
Margaret Ann Splawn, Executive Director of the Climate Markets & Investment Association (CMIA) reports from Korea on the latest GCF Board meeting (“B.22”). CMIA is one of two Active Private…
Read More"CMIA helped to explain the potential for project-based mechanisms across a variety of constituencies and is a key voice driving the conversation on results-based finance and sector approaches for scaling-up emission reduction investments. We urgently need input from organisations like CMIA to operationalise Art 6 of the Paris Agreement."
Mr. Franz-Josef Schafhausen, former Director General Climate Change, European and International Affairs, Federal German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
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15 March 2019
As Climate Change Causes a Maelstrom of Financial Risks and Opportunities, is Your Money Manager Prepared to Weather the Storm?
Unprecedented floods, storms and wildfires have ravaged communities across the United States in the past two years and sapped the economic vitality of regions. Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane…
Read More13 March 2019
Building a #ClimateNeutral EU economy
In the last stretch to a deal on EU innovation funding, we explore four criteria for a future-compatible Horizon Europe fund, writes E3G Researcher Lea Pilsner. European negotiators are expected to…
Read More12 March 2019
ALLCOT Group achieved the milestone of selling all the TIGRs originated with the project San Rafael AGEN SA
ALLCOT Group achieved the milestone of selling all the TIGRs originated with the project San Rafael AGEN SA. Now, ALLCOT is working on the process of generating a new batch…
Read More11 March 2019
2050 Priorities for Climate Action: How Philanthropy Can Help to Scale Carbon Removal
Climate philanthropy is in a unique position to accelerate carbon removal & increase the odds that multiple removal approaches reach gigaton scale before 2050. With the landmark publication of the…
Read More08 March 2019
Costa Rica launches plan for zero emissions by 2050
Costa Rica have made plans to become one of the first nations to completely decarbonise. ‘The National Decarbonization Plan 2018-2050’ involves commitments to a range of sectors, including transport, energy…
Read More06 March 2019
How Cheap Money Can Help Save the Planet
Cut-rate financing has the potential to substantially speed the transition from fossil-fuelled power generation to renewable energy in developing countries. Cut-rate financing has the potential to substantially speed the transition…
Read More04 March 2019
Green Climate Fund 22nd Board Meeting – Key Milestones
Last week, Executive Director Margaret-Ann Splawn joined CMIA Board Member Alexandra Tracy at the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) 22nd Board Meeting (B22) in Songdo, South Korea. CMIA is the official…
Read More22 February 2019
Paying With Fire: How oil and gas executives are rewarded for chasing growth and why shareholders could get burned
In this study we review the remuneration practice used in the oil and gas industry and look at alignment with either growth or value factors. We focus on the metrics…
Read More21 February 2019
TVA Votes to Close 2 Coal Plants, Despite Political Pressure from Trump and Kentucky GOP
The aging Paradise coal-fired power plant is unreliable, expensive and polluting, TVA data show. The federally owned utility said its decision is based on economics. Brushing aside pleas from coal-friendly…
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