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Finance
Insights
February 24, 2021

Why Investors Bought the First Certified Green Bond to Protect Forests for Drinking Water

  • Forests
  • Water
  • adaptation finance
  • green bonds
  • green finance
  • finance
  • green infrastructure
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • watersheds
Lake Maumelle in central Arkansas
  • Forests
  • Water
  • adaptation finance
  • green bonds
  • green finance
  • finance
  • green infrastructure
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • watersheds
Finance
Asia
Insights
July 29, 2020

Will China Finally Block “Clean Coal” from Green Bonds Market?

  • Commentary
  • green bonds
  • green finance
  • fossil fuels
  • China
The People's Bank of China, a key player in financial guidance and sustainability. Photo by Flickr/bfishadow
  • Commentary
  • green bonds
  • green finance
  • fossil fuels
  • China
Finance
Insights
October 15, 2019

So Far, Green Bonds Fail to Raise Much Money for Resilience. The Climate Resilience Principles Aim to Change That

  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • green bonds
  • Adaptation and the Private Sector
  • climate finance
  • climate change
Resilience bonds can fund things like climate-smart agriculture.
  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • green bonds
  • Adaptation and the Private Sector
  • climate finance
  • climate change
Europe
Insights
June 21, 2019

Conservation Finance Takes Off as the Netherlands Issues One of the Largest Green Bonds Ever

  • adaptation finance
  • green bonds
  • green finance
  • water
A floodplain restored through the Room for the River program. Image: Dutch Embassy
  • adaptation finance
  • green bonds
  • green finance
  • water
Climate
News
September 12, 2018

RELEASE: 45 Cities Pledge to Conserve and Restore Forests, Citing Public Health, Water and Climate Benefits

  • Forests
  • Water
  • green bonds
  • Climate
  • natural infrastructure
  • Urban Development
  • water
  • Forests
  • Water
  • green bonds
  • Climate
  • natural infrastructure
  • Urban Development
  • water
Forests
Insights
May 22, 2018

Forests and Wetlands Are Water Infrastructure. New Green Bond Helps Finance Their Protection

  • Water
  • green bonds
  • infrastructure
  • resilience
  • natural infrastructure
  • water
  • Water Quality
Forest watershed
  • Water
  • green bonds
  • infrastructure
  • resilience
  • natural infrastructure
  • water
  • Water Quality
Equity
Asia
Insights
April 24, 2017

The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • India
  • indigenous people
  • natural resources
Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • India
  • indigenous people
  • natural resources
Equity
Insights
February 22, 2017

Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

  • Finance
  • the trump administration
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • natural resources
People in Nigerian village
  • Finance
  • the trump administration
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • human rights
  • natural resources
Finance
Asia
Insights
January 8, 2016

With New Guidelines, China’s Green Bond Market Poised to Take Off in the Year of the Monkey

  • China
  • green bonds
  • COP21
  • finance
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development
Solar cell manufacturing center in Wuxi, China.
  • China
  • green bonds
  • COP21
  • finance
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable development
Equity
Latin America
Insights
September 19, 2014

Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • land tenure
  • fossil fuels
The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • human rights
  • land tenure
  • fossil fuels
Equity
Africa
Insights
May 12, 2014

What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

  • environmental democracy
  • Africa
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • Principle 10
  • resource rights
  • transparency
Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • Africa
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • Principle 10
  • resource rights
  • transparency
Equity
Africa
Insights
January 14, 2014

New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • Africa
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • land rights
  • water
A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • Africa
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • land rights
  • water
Equity
North America
Insights
June 13, 2013

Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • Africa
  • Canada
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • natural resources
  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • Africa
  • Canada
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • natural resources
Equity
Africa
Insights
May 31, 2013

Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

  • Equity
  • environmental democracy
  • Africa
  • extractive industries
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • fossil fuels
  • public participation
  • Equity
  • environmental democracy
  • Africa
  • extractive industries
  • freedom of information
  • governance
  • fossil fuels
  • public participation
Climate
North America
Insights
May 20, 2013

What Exporting U.S. Natural Gas Means for the Climate

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • United States
  • us policy
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • United States
  • us policy
Climate
North America
Insights
May 8, 2013

U.S. Natural Gas Exports: Friend or Foe?

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • us policy
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • us policy
Energy
North America
Insights
May 6, 2013

5 Reasons Why It’s (Still) Important to Reduce Fugitive Methane Emissions

  • climate change
  • emissions
  • Energy
  • environmental protection agency
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • us policy
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • Energy
  • environmental protection agency
  • extractive industries
  • fossil fuels
  • us policy
Asia
Asia North America
Insights
April 24, 2013

Exploring Prospects for U.S. Coal Exports to China

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • China
  • extractive industries
  • United States
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • China
  • extractive industries
  • United States

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