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Podcast: Can the market solve climate change? Climate finance with Blair Palese

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... as Australia's response to the US IRA - but are taxpayer dollars better spent elsewhere? Today, we discuss climate finance and the role of government in de-risking climate investing. And we ask the ultimate question: can the market solve climate ...

First dedicated transition fund for emerging markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... US$250 bn of institutional investment - by 2030, ALTÉRRA is the world's largest private investment vehicle for climate finance. The fund offers capped risk-adjusted returns for private investors with at least 10% of total capital to be contributed ...

Rockefeller org picks climate advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... well-being of people and planet." Yee will co-chair alongside Alok Sharma, COP26 president and Rockefeller Foundation climate finance fellow. Sharma said he is "delighted" at the nomination. "I look forward to working with eminent experts across sectors ...

One in three analyse physical climate risk: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... asset classes like private equity, which have traditionally posed a challenge. Nearly all (97%) have engaged in climate finance related policy advocacy, and there has been a drop in the number of investors citing policy uncertainty as a barrier to investment. ...

Podcast: Speaking truth to power on climate finance

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
On this episode, we're going to do a deeper dive into how we measure sustainable finance, and how we value the dollar impact of financing emissions-intensive activities. This is a key discussion point particularly as we look at Australia's sustainable ...

BlueScope receives funding for lower emissions project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... this." The Climate Capital Forum features a network of investors, decarbonising businesses, philanthropists and climate finance experts. "There is no time left for federal government support for anything except strategies to fully decarbonise as global ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... climate has resulted in "imperfect" momentum on fossil fuels, renewable energy, energy efficiency, adaptation, and climate finance. While some are calling the agreement a "failure", COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said during his closing speech: "We ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... adaptation finance flows. It states that developed countries should "at least double their collective provision of climate finance for adaptation to developing country Parties from 2019 levels by 2025." So far at COP28, over US$83.9 billion has been ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Minister Wong's recent announcement to support technical experts in Pacific Island countries to facilitate access to climate finance. These are positive signs that the Australian Government is listening to our Pacific neighbours." However, Bungcaras ...

Here's what happened at COP28 so far

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... focus on supporting women's economic empowerment during the transition to a low climate global economy. COP28: climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage At COP28 leaders are highlighting the need to make climate finance more accessible and ...