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UNDP advises Mizuho on scaling Asia sustainable finance

Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures launched

The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) has been launched, in a bid to tackle the backsliding of social development and growing risk of civil disobedience.

India plans climate finance taxonomy

India's Ministry of Finance has announced funding to create a taxonomy to attract climate finance, spanning adaptation and mitigation activities.

Fiji launches debut sovereign 'blue' bond

Fiji is looking to raise up to FJD20 million ($8.7 million) from its debut sovereign 'blue' bond, which will fund water and marine projects including nature-based coastal protection infrastructure.

Generali and UNDP partner to reduce insurance protection gap

Biodiversity funding database FIRE prepares for launch

An online tool to ease access to funding resources for biodiversity projects, from sources including investors, is about to be launched by UN Development Programme.

How public-private finance could be a tipping point for planetary action

A 'loss and damage' fund agreed at COP27 should be the precursor for more efficient use of blended finance to support developing countries, argues Pradeep Kurukulasuriya

Impact investing - what's the trade-off?

Investing to advance the UN SDGs involves trade-offs - but tools to minimise these are in development, writes Sebnem Sener

UN impact standards gather momentum

Standards and an external assurance framework for identifying contributions to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are set to take a leap forward this year, with the roll out of investor pilots of the framework, Environmental Finance has been told.

Impact: areas to watch in 2022

Big-name players demonstrate the growing appeal of impact strategies - but calls for more credible evidence of impact continue to grow, Michael Hurley writes