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India plans climate finance taxonomy
24 July 2024India's Ministry of Finance has announced funding to create a taxonomy to attract climate finance, spanning adaptation and mitigation activities.
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Fiji launches debut sovereign 'blue' bond
02 November 2023Fiji 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.
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Generali and UNDP partner to reduce insurance protection gap
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Biodiversity funding database FIRE prepares for launch
02 June 2023An online tool to ease access to funding resources for biodiversity projects, from sources including investors, is about to be launched by UN Development Programme.
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How public-private finance could be a tipping point for planetary action
01 December 2022A '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
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Impact investing - what's the trade-off?
15 March 2022Investing to advance the UN SDGs involves trade-offs - but tools to minimise these are in development, writes Sebnem Sener
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UN impact standards gather momentum
21 January 2022Standards 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.
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Impact: areas to watch in 2022
24 December 2021Big-name players demonstrate the growing appeal of impact strategies - but calls for more credible evidence of impact continue to grow, Michael Hurley writes
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UNDP to identify SDG investment 'opportunity areas'
24 December 2020The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is to next year publish research on 'investment opportunity areas' for investments that advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UNDP publishes SDG Impact Standards for private equity
07 October 2020A set of standards designed to help private equity fund managers and investors finance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been published by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
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