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Account for nature on balance sheets, says Sustainable Markets Initiative

The public and private sectors have been encouraged to account for nature as an asset by the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) to deliver more accurate balance sheet information.

UN Principles for Responsible Banking cuts reporting requirements

Generate Capital secures $1.2bn credit facility for transition investments

NextEnergy UK solar fund acquires latest asset

COP29: Sweden pushes forward on Article 6.2

Sweden has signed bilateral agreements on emissions trading with Nepal and Zambia as part of the Article 6.2 mechanism of the Paris Agreement as COP29 comes to a close.

EU approves carbon farming certification

The European Council has approved regulation which will introduce a certification for carbon removals and carbon farming, but critical details remain left to decide.

COP29 could be remembered as the 'blended finance COP', AllianceBernstein says

COP29 could be remembered as "the blended finance COP" if its climate finance pledges are matched with sufficient ambition in the next round of national climate targets, AllianceBernstein has suggested.

IDB Invest proposes $200m commitment for Paraguayan project

SEC charges Adani Green Energy execs over bribery allegations

Adani Green Energy executives Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani have been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), alongside Azure Power Global's Cyril Cabanes "for conduct arising out of a massive bribery scheme".

COP29: Finance text draws criticism for missing 'elephant in the room' of numbers

The latest draft text of the centrepiece of COP29 negotiations has been criticised for failing to provide detail on the much-contested aspect of how much money countries commit to provide annually to climate mitigation and adaptation.