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    November 26, 2013

    3 Ways Multinational Corporations Can Help Vulnerable Communities Adapt to Climate Change

    • Equity
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Poor communities in developing nations are especially vulnerable to heat waves, sea level rise, and other climate change impacts. Photo credit: P. Casier, CGIAR
    • Equity
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Climate
    Insights
    November 13, 2013

    3 Ways to Make Progress on Climate Finance at COP 19

    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Scaling up finance for climate adaptation is a key area for progress at COP 19. Photo credit: P. Casier, CGIAR
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Insights
    November 13, 2013

    Is Adaptation Short-Changed? The Imbalance in Climate Finance Commitments

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    At COP19, negotiators should decide how climate funding is “balanced” between adaptation and mitigation. Credit: UNclimatechange, Flickr
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Research
    November 13, 2013

    Within Reach

    Climate
    Data
    November 11, 2013

    Fast-Start Finance Contributions

    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    • international climate policy
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    Insights
    November 11, 2013

    3 Lessons for Long-Term Climate Finance

    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Developed countries pledged to deliver US$ 100 billion per year by 2020 to help developing nations mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: M. Tall, CCAFS West Africa
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    November 7, 2013

    Looking in the Pipes of Climate Adaptation Finance

    • Equity
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    A climate-smart agriculture project in Ghana. Photo credit: C Peterson, CIAT/CCAFS
    • Equity
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Equity
    Asia
    Research
    November 7, 2013

    The Plumbing of Adaptation Finance

    Climate
    Insights
    November 7, 2013

    5 Issues to Watch at COP 19, the “Construction COP”

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Addressing the needs of communities harmed by climate impacts that are difficult or impossible to adapt to--known as "loss and damage"--is one of the key issues up for discussion at COP 19 in Warsaw. Photo credit: International Rice Research Institute, Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
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    October 29, 2013

    RELEASE: New Guidance Will Help Financial Institutions Measure Emissions from Lending and Investment Portfolios

    • Business
    • GHG Protocol
    • emissions
    • Finance
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Business
    • GHG Protocol
    • emissions
    • Finance
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Climate
    Insights
    October 24, 2013

    2 Ways to Ensure the Adaptation Fund’s New Safeguard Policy Protects People and Planet

    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Kenyan farmers must adapt to altered conditions brought on by climate change. Photo credit: P. Casier, CGIAR
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Finance
    Insights
    October 6, 2013

    5 Areas for Action to Set the Green Climate Fund on an Ambitious Path

    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    A farmer pumps water in Bihar, India. Photo credit: M. DeFreese, CIMMYT
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Energy
    Insights
    October 4, 2013

    IMF Experts and Others Envision a World without Energy Subsidies

    • Energy
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    When factoring in externalities, fossil fuel subsidies ring in at $2 trillion per year. Photo credit: Steven Straiton, Flickr
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Africa Latin America Asia
    Insights
    October 3, 2013

    The Difficulty of Defining Adaptation Finance

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    Climate change threatens Arabica coffee plants in Colombia. Credit: CIAT/flickr
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    Finance
    News
    July 17, 2013

    STATEMENT: World Bank: Promote Clean Energy Sources to End Energy Poverty

    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • development
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • development
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    July 1, 2013

    President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Can it Shift the World Away from Coal?

    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • power plants
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • power plants
    • U.S. policy
    Equity
    Initiatives
    June 27, 2013

    Adaptation Finance and Investment

    SDSN German Round Table
    Asia North America
    Insights
    June 20, 2013

    Why Is China Investing So Much in U.S. Solar and Wind?

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy

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