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Africa stands to unlock up to $6 billion a year in carbon market revenues by 2030 and support as many as 30 million jobs if countries align with high-integrity standards, according to analysis highlig…
9 Sept 2025
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has announced the first close of the Green Investments Partnership at $510 million, targeting green and sustainable infrastructure investments in Southeast and Sout…
9 Sept 2025
M&G impact investing unit responsAbility Investments has raised over $414 million for its Asia Climate Strategy following a $50 million investment from the International Finance Corporation, putting t…
8 Sept 2025
Carbon removal crediting platform Puro.earth has raised €11 million ($12.8 million) in a Series B round led by Nasdaq to strengthen its certification infrastructure for engineered carbon dioxide remov…
4 Sept 2025
The UK Financial Conduct Authority says the sustainability-linked loan market has made meaningful progress in addressing integrity and greenwashing concerns identified in its 2023 review, with better …
15 Aug 2025
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has approved three biochar and two improved forest management methodologies to use its CCP label, with demand for biochar carbon credits having do…
13 Aug 2025
Accenture launched its AI Refinery distiller agentic framework, an enterprise platform for developing, deploying, and scaling AI agents with integrated governance, built in collaboration with NVIDIA a…
8 Aug 2025
The International Finance Corporation and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the Climate Business Forum Asia Pacific 2025, to be held in Hong Kong from October 14-15, 2025, to mobilise investm…
8 Aug 2025
Côte d'Ivoire concluded a competitive tender awarding a 50 MW solar PV plant in Boundiali at a record low tariff of USD 0.029 per kilowatt-hour under a public-private partnership. The auction, structu…
8 Aug 2025
The International Finance Corporation and HDFC Capital Advisors launched the H-DREAM Fund, a blended-finance platform with a $1 billion target corpus to finance energy-efficient, climate-resilient aff…
8 Aug 2025
Portugal-based startup Nitrogen Sensing Solutions (NS2) introduced a real-time nitrogen sensing system and secured EUR 100,000 in venture capital through the EU's BlueInvest Readiness Assistance Progr…
7 Aug 2025
Standard Chartered has signed a five-year agreement with the government of Brazil's State of Acre to act as exclusive seller of jurisdictional forest protection carbon credits on its behalf. The deal …
7 Aug 2025
The European Commission proposed an additional EUR 500 million in Macro-Financial Assistance to Jordan on 5 August 2025, lifting the EU's total macro-financial commitment to EUR 1 billion when combine…
6 Aug 2025
The IFC announced a partnership with CleanMax, providing up to $15 million to scale commercial and industrial rooftop solar in Thailand, its first such transaction in the country's C&I segment. The lo…
2 Aug 2025
The IMF concluded its 2025 Financial Sector Assessment Program review for Canada, affirming a resilient, well-capitalized banking sector while flagging household debt and housing imbalances. The revie…
2 Aug 2025
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market and the Science for High-Integrity Frameworks to Transform Carbon Markets initiative have announced a strategic partnership running through 2026 t…
31 Jul 2025
The IFC signed a global partnership designating Bureau Veritas as the first global verifier for its Building Resilience Index, expanding climate-risk verification across emerging markets. Independent …
30 Jul 2025
India launched a $70 million Renewable Energy Integration plan, backed by the Climate Investment Funds and multilateral banks, projected to unlock $865 million in co-financing. The plan targets 1,815 …
30 Jul 2025
The World Bank's Angola Economic Update urged inclusive financial development reforms after real GDP growth reached 4.4% in 2024, its highest since 2014. The report's focus on financial inclusion, div…
30 Jul 2025
Indonesia's Ministry of Finance, with OJK and Bank Indonesia, is operationalising a Sustainable Finance Committee under the P2SK Law to mobilise private green investment. With a climate funding gap ex…
30 Jul 2025
The IEA's Coal Mid-Year Update projects global coal demand staying near the 2024 record of 8.8 billion tonnes through 2025 and 2026, shaped by China and India. Continued coal reliance in key markets c…
27 Jul 2025
The World Bank approved an additional $9.175 million Global Environment Facility grant to scale up the Central African Republic's PROVIR project with nature-based urban solutions in Bangui and Berbéra…
27 Jul 2025
A World Bank economic update reports Equatorial Guinea grew just 0.9% in 2024 and projects a 1.2% GDP contraction across 2025-2027 as hydrocarbon revenues fall and forest cover erodes. The case reinfo…
27 Jul 2025
IFC, BOAD, and BII anchored a XOF52 billion (USD 90.4 million) securitization by NSIA Banque Benin to expand MSME lending across Benin, Senegal, and Togo, with 25% earmarked for women-led enterprises …
18 Jul 2025
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