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The Mobilising Finance for Forests Program released a white paper proposing a three-pronged financing agenda for deforestation-free commodity supply chains as global forest loss hit 6.7 million hectar…
27 Jun 2025
Uzbekistan secured a $150 million concessional World Bank credit, approved June 25 2025, to develop small hydropower plants under a 2025-2030 national programme. The decentralised, irrigation-canal-ba…
27 Jun 2025
The World Bank's "Double Dividend" report recommends Brazil adopt emissions trading, fuel-tax rationalisation, and land-tax reform to improve its fiscal balance by over 5% of GDP while cutting emissio…
27 Jun 2025
The Republic of Slovenia has issued a €1 billion 10-year sustainability-linked bond, the first such issuance by a European sovereign, with the coupon tied to Slovenia's 2030 greenhouse gas emissions r…
26 Jun 2025
The Swiss Sustainable Investment Market Study 2025 reported 13% year-on-year growth in sustainability-related investments, reaching CHF 1,881 billion by end-2024. The rising share of private investors…
24 Jun 2025
The Asian Development Bank approved a $400 million policy-based loan on June 19 2025 for the second phase of Bangladesh's Climate-Resilient Inclusive Development Program, with $513 million in co-finan…
22 Jun 2025
Zambia finalised a $26.5 million financing package for the 32MWp Ilute Solar Project, structured without sovereign guarantees and trading power across the Southern African Power Pool. The guarantee-fr…
22 Jun 2025
The World Bank approved an additional $7.7 million grant on June 19 2025 to the ASEAN Centre for Energy to advance ASEAN Power Grid project preparation toward 2045 operationalisation. The cross-border…
22 Jun 2025
CARICOM launched the Regional Platform for Catalyzing Resilience and Climate Action in the Caribbean, led by the Caribbean Development Bank and backed by the Green Climate Fund with seven participatin…
19 Jun 2025
Rwanda's agriculture ministry, the Rwanda Green Fund, and the IFC launched a Climate Smart Agriculture Investment Plan targeting RWF 449.7 billion (about USD 335.4 million) in private investment. The …
19 Jun 2025
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute released Australia's first national sustainable finance taxonomy on June 17 2025, defining Paris-aligned criteria for green and transition finance. The inc…
18 Jun 2025
A new World Bank report, Accelerating Access to Clean Air on a Livable Planet, finds ambient air pollution causes 5.7 million deaths a year and costs nearly 5% of global GDP. For rapidly urbanising ec…
17 Jun 2025
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, the World Bank, and the UNFCCC have jointly launched practical guidance to help governments navigate carbon market decisions and maximise their c…
16 Jun 2025
The European Commission's eighth nuclear illustrative programme (PINC) projects approximately €241 billion in investment required by 2050 to support Member States' nuclear plans. The Commission's posi…
14 Jun 2025
The World Bank approved a $34.5 million package on June 13, 2025 to modernise Bhutan's Renewable Natural Resources sector and create 12,000 jobs. The project's blended IDA-PROGREEN financing and measu…
14 Jun 2025
The Climate Bonds Initiative launched Transition Finance for Hard-to-Abate Sectors in Vietnam, providing a decarbonisation methodology for steel, cement, and basic chemicals. Its CBAM-driven, ISSB- an…
13 Jun 2025
Ecuador launched a USD 45.9 million Green Climate Fund "Mangroves for Climate" project using results-based payments to restore mangrove forests. Its performance-linked blue-carbon finance model offers…
13 Jun 2025
The World Bank approved a $150 million Gabon Urban Development Project to build climate-resilient infrastructure and reduce flood risks in secondary cities. Its focus on underserved urban centres and …
13 Jun 2025
The IFC partnered with QBE Asia to expand the Building Resilience Index and address the widening property insurance gap in the Asia-Pacific region. As the first insurer to integrate the BRI framework,…
13 Jun 2025
The IFC announced a THB3,140 million (approximately $92 million) financing package to Winchai Company, a Sermsang Power subsidiary, to expand renewable energy across Thailand and Southeast Asia. The l…
13 Jun 2025
The Catalytic Climate Finance Facility awarded USD 1.1 million on June 3, 2025 to three blended-finance vehicles spanning agriculture, textiles, and social enterprise across Africa and Asia. One award…
13 Jun 2025
The EBRD launched its InvestEU programme in Bulgaria, signing €135 million and €14 million portfolio guarantees with Postbank and ProCredit Bank Bulgaria. The risk-sharing model mobilising over €300 m…
13 Jun 2025
The European Union and India agreed in June 2025 to enhance trilateral cooperation in third countries under their Strategic Partnership Roadmap and the Global Gateway Strategy. The framework positions…
13 Jun 2025
UN Climate Change's Together4Transparency initiative, with the Center for Clean Air Policy, finds nations with robust transparency systems are better positioned to attract climate finance. As India su…
11 Jun 2025
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