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Wolters Kluwer has launched two new ESG data solutions: CCH Tagetik ESG and Sustainability for CBAM, designed to automate compliance with the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and CCH Tagetik E…
26 Jun 2025
A new climate action platform named FourTwoThree has launched with backing from NatWest Group, National Australia Bank and SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's innovation unit, aimed at enabling large en…
26 Jun 2025
A guest analysis by Schneider Electric's EcoAct unit argues that traditional absolute net-zero frameworks can penalise companies whose products enable significant decarbonisation across the broader ec…
25 Jun 2025
The World Bank Group approved a $150 million initiative to add 1 gigawatt of solar and wind capacity to Sri Lanka's grid and support its 70%-renewables-by-2030 target. The guarantee-backed structure m…
24 Jun 2025
Germany-based property technology company aedifion has closed a €17 million Series B financing round to accelerate expansion of its AI-powered platform for reducing energy consumption and CO2 emission…
24 Jun 2025
Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry, the National Climate Change Secretariat and Enterprise Singapore have released Draft Guidance on Voluntary Carbon Markets, providing companies with a framew…
23 Jun 2025
The IEA's June 20 2025 report estimates the LNG supply chain emits about 350 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent annually and could cut over 60% using existing technologies. As India's LNG demand grows, …
22 Jun 2025
A peer-reviewed Earth System Science Data study by over 60 scientists found only 130 gigatonnes of CO2 remain in the carbon budget for a 50% chance of staying within 1.5C, exhaustible in three years. …
20 Jun 2025
A coalition of 86 institutional investors managing $9.5 trillion, convened as the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, released guidelines urging the elimination of deforestation from portfolios by 2030. As…
18 Jun 2025
Egypt launched its first utility-scale 300MWh Battery Energy Storage System on June 15 2025, backed by a $72 million IFC debt package and integrated with a 500MW solar plant. The solar-plus-storage mo…
18 Jun 2025
The World Bank approved a dual-investment package totalling US$2.128 billion to support Indonesia's clean energy transition and financial-sector reforms. The blended-finance structure, including a new…
17 Jun 2025
The World Bank approved a $37.85 million Pollution and Waste Management Project to strengthen Laos' handling of solid waste, plastics, and pollution from 2025 to 2031. Its mandated compliance-monitori…
17 Jun 2025
Paige Nguyen has taken on the role of Director of IEEFA's Asia team, responsible for shaping the organisation's research strategy and stakeholder engagement across one of the world's most energy-inten…
17 Jun 2025
The European Commission and Egypt launched the EU-Egypt Investment Guarantee for Development Mechanism to mobilise up to €5 billion in investments by 2027. The blended-finance, EFSD+ guarantee model o…
14 Jun 2025
Hebei province's December 2023 Guidelines for Transition Finance in the Iron and Steel Industry catalysed over USD2.8 billion in labelled transition loans by end-2024, per a Climate Bonds Initiative a…
14 Jun 2025
India's rapid shift to electric mobility is exposing micro, small, and medium enterprises in the auto-component sector to disproportionate risk as ICE-specific parts face obsolescence. With MSMEs repr…
13 Jun 2025
The UNEP FI-backed Living Amazon Mechanism (LAM) offers a blended-finance model directing private capital into Brazil's Amazon bioeconomy while de-risking investment. Aligned with Target 19 of the Glo…
11 Jun 2025
The European Commission formally adopted the European Ocean Pact, a framework consolidating EU ocean policies around six priority themes and to be operationalised through a legislative Ocean Act expec…
8 Jun 2025
A study in npj Urban Sustainability found surface urban heat island intensity is increasing 0.021 degrees Celsius annually, intensifying faster in low- and lower-middle-income countries. The findings …
29 May 2025
Chile launched a social protection reform backed by a US$150 million World Bank loan expected to benefit approximately 2.2 million people, embedding climate resilience and gender equity into its safet…
27 May 2025
The UAE issued regulatory guidance for its 2024 Federal Decree-Law on climate change, effective May 30 2025, requiring entities emitting 500,000 tonnes or more CO2-equivalent annually to register and …
25 May 2025
A study in Communications Earth & Environment found that Switzerland's net-zero domestic energy system displaces significant environmental and social burdens to resource-extraction regions in the Glob…
22 May 2025
The Government of Maharashtra released draft Energy Conservation Building Code Rules 2025, setting mandatory energy efficiency standards for commercial buildings with 100 kW or more connected load. Th…
19 May 2025
JPMorgan announced a blended-finance commitment to Mati Carbon to expand enhanced rock weathering across India and Sub-Saharan Africa following its $50 million XPRIZE Carbon Removal win. The deal adva…
18 May 2025
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