Genevieve Redgrave

Articles by Genevieve Redgrave

  • COP28: Controversial REDD+ study called into question

    12 December 2023

    A controversial study which found 94% of REDD+ credits were 'worthless' has been called into question by new research, with scientists urging the original study to be retracted or "majorly revised".

  • COP28: Debt-for-nature swaps encouraged by France, Colombia and Kenya

    12 December 2023

    The French, Colombian and Kenyan governments have encouraged the use of 'debt-for-nature swaps' as a key mechanism for scaling up nature finance, amidst the launch of a review into national debt hindering sustainable investment.

  • COP28: EU 'slowing progress on Article 6'

    11 December 2023

    As negotiations on Article 6 continue into the second week of COP28, Environmental Finance has heard that EU may be looking to 'curtail' negotiations amid concerns about how its own carbon mechanisms could be affected.

  • AXA creates mangrove protection insurance policy

    11 December 2023
  • Nature-based solutions 'insufficient' if $5trn of 'nature negative' investments are not tackled

    11 December 2023

    Private investors are still investing upwards of $5 trillion annually into investments that have a direct negative impact on nature, a report by the UN Environment Programme has found.

  • COP28: 18 countries join pledge to scale nature finance

    11 December 2023

    18 countries have signed a high-level declaration to protect and preserve nature, which includes scaling up private finance into nature-related approaches and improving nature reporting interoperability.

  • COP28: Amundi launches European agriculture fund

    08 December 2023
  • TNFD and IBAT provide open-access biodiversity map

    08 December 2023
  • TNFD introduces initial footprinting guidance for FIs

    08 December 2023

    The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has proposed guidance for how to report for eight sectors, and preliminary guidance on biodiversity footprinting for financial institutions.

  • Aviva invests $6.2m in Canadian afforestation project

    08 December 2023