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Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... technologies. The financial industry in particular is well placed to aide in the transition. The report found that tracked climate finance for mitigation is falling short of levels needed, and both public and private finance flows for mitigation and ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... to the raging climate crisis has largely remained untapped, their empowerment a mere afterthought in the global climate finance movement. "Understanding and addressing the differentiated impacts of climate change is crucial. The livelihoods of women ...

New Forests launches ANZ forestry and agriculture fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... landscape as well as position investments with alignment to sustainable productive land management, the rise of climate finance, exposure to decarbonisation outcomes, and the circular bioeconomy. "We will focus on being vertically integrated into the ...

Seeking action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... lot of hard work underway." Herd said that in the first week there was "no major blow ups" and discussion around climate finance and loss and damage - the money that could be paid by the richest worst carbon polluting countries to help less developed ...

ANZ takes $50 million stake in Pollination Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... ANZ group executive institutional Mark Whelan. "We're pleased to be partnering with a team that has strong climate finance and investment expertise, deep relationships and commercial momentum," Whelan said. "These credentials, combined with ANZ's ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... expertise in investing for development in Africa, with New Forests' track record in scaling investment and climate finance in forestry into new geographic and market segments. "We've been having discussions with players in the African forestry ...

Ratcheting up ambition on climate finance goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... participating governments including Australia, governments alone committed to provide US$100 billion per year in climate finance by 2020 - money to support mitigation and adaptation actions that will address climate change. For its part, the Australian ...

PRI augments Australian team with hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... PRI's APAC policy work. Wiseman, a lawyer by training, joins PRI from ClientEarth, London, where he worked on the Climate Finance Initiative, using the law to drive corporate and financial decision-makers to address climate change-related risks ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... relating to climate change, Bungcaras added. "That would be in addition to the $100 billion per year global target on climate finance, and this is something we haven't seen developed countries engaging meaningfully within the [United Nations Framework ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... emitting carbon as such, but that's not a total measure of the carbon exposure of the company." While research on climate finance is rapidly gaining momentum, issues regarding data availability and questions concerning suitable research methods remain. ...