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Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... world is undergoing significant structural transformations," John Scott, head of sustainability risk at Zurich Insurance Group, said. "Known risks are intensifying and new risks are emerging - but they also provide opportunities. Collective and coordinated ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... some exposure to agriculture. Investors in the first close include Swedish pension fund Andra AP-fonden; German pension group Bayerische Versorgungskammer, and the Australian Government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), which committed $75 million ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... while Article 6.4 will establish a new UNFCC mechanism to validate, verify and issue high-quality carbon credits. Comhar Group director and principal lawyer Emily Gerrard said that bilateral carbon trading agreements can and will still continue to operate ...

COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Chris Bowen stated that "Australia is finally being taken seriously as a constructive international trading partner and investor determined to take meaningful action on climate change. "Signing up to the CETP demonstrates Australia's ambitions to play ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... in this partnership. Pollination named adviser to blended finance climate fund Also on Day Four, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Development Finance Institute Canada (FinDev Canada) announced the creation of GAIA, a US$1.5 billion target private ...

UN-informed tool to assess SDG progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... market for impact investing surpassed US$1 trillion in assets worldwide in 2021. Yet according to UN Sustainable Development Group estimates, the funding gap to achieve the SDGs by 2030 is US$2.5-3 trillion per year for developing countries. Tools like ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... learnt the recommendations won't address modern slavery risk and direct air capture and storage inefficiencies. The Climate Change Authority's (CCA) review of the ACCU scheme comes amid a storm of controversies around the future of carbon credit ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Association said the scheme is "the equivalent of planning to quit cold turkey." Simon Corbell, CEO of the Clean Energy Investor Group said that clean energy investors "strongly welcome this major policy initiative which will unlock significant new investment ...

RIAA creates co-CEO model to replace outgoing O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), leading RIAA's involvement in the Dhawura Ngilan Business and Investor Initiative on First Nations cultural heritage protection and participating in government stakeholder committees. "Decision-making ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance strategy is an opportunity to tie action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to action on climate. UN Global Compact Network Australia chair Fiona Reynolds called the recently released strategy a "welcome step" and said that ...