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'Very encouraging' European 'light green' fund investment in Middle East

There is a "very encouraging" level of investment from 'light green' European funds in Middle Eastern real estate firms which suggests emerging positive sustainability disclosure trends in the region, according to Emirates NBD.

First New Zealand TNFD report released

Lyttelton Port Company has released its first Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) report, claiming it is the first to be released in New Zealand.

UK confirms plans to join EU in regulating ESG ratings providers

The UK government has confirmed it plans to regulate ESG ratings providers to ensure transparency, good governance, managing conflicts of interest, and proper systems and controls.

People moves, 15 November: BlackRock, Barclays, South Pole, WHEB ... and more

COP29: €3bn public-private fundraise planned for emerging market green bond fund

The EU-led Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) is preparing to raise €3 billion ($3.2 billion) for a fund which will serve as an "anchor investor" in emerging market (EM) green bonds, the European Investment Bank (EIB) told a side event at the UN COP29 climate summit.

New REDD+ methodologies approved by Integrity Council

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market have approved three REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries) methodologies for the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label.

Solving the energy transition paradox in emerging markets

Investors should allocate capital based on direction of travel, rather than static ESG scores - otherwise some emerging countries will be left behind on the journey to net-zero, writes Gustavo Medeiros

COP29: COPs need fundamental overhaul says Ban Ki-moon and others

A prominent group of politicians has called for a "fundamental overhaul" of the COP process, arguing its "current structure simply cannot deliver" change at exponential speed and scale.

Taxonomy, ESG ratings and transition plans in raft of UK green finance measures

COP29: Investors underwhelmed by Global South investable pipeline

The pipeline of investable projects in the Global South is lacking, delegates at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan have heard.