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Australia's Commonwealth Bank says it will only finance fossil fuels backed by transition plan

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has won praise for saying it will not provide new financing to major fossil fuel companies that do not have a credible climate transition plan.

COP29 to focus on finance - but Trump could poop on the party

Will the climate conference in the petrostate keep 1.5°C alive, or be a forum for oil and gas deals, asks Peter Cripps

Catalysing private investment in UK's transition 'a failing strategy', warns academic

The UK government should stop trying to de-risk private investment, an academic has argued, instead calling for major uptick in government bond issuances to invest in green infrastructure.

Sustainable Debt Americas 2024: early bird ends on Friday

The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Debt Americas conference will end this Friday, so register now to save 20%. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a further 30% discount.

Polluting firms accelerated fossil fuel investment after Paris Agreement, study says

Emirates NBD developing 'Sharia first' sustainable finance framework

Emirates NBD is preparing to publish an innovative framework for sustainable bond and sukuk issuance in October, which it hopes will help scale the Islamic sustainable finance market.

BII invests $35m for 'first' Congo deepwater maritime port

Oikocredit, IDH plot to improve funding for smallerholder farms in EMs

California attorney general backs SEC climate rule in legal filing

Planet Tracker expands nature scorecards

Planet Tracker has expanded its scorecards for over 1,000 companies, to better reflect new market initiatives, including the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).