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    Finance Commentary Climate climate impacts fossil fuels Insights
    Finance
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    October 24, 2023

    After a Decade of Fossil Fuel Investing, Can China Fulfill Its Promise of a "Green" Belt and Road Initiative?

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    A construction worker walks down a path between rows of solar panels installed over water.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    Finance
    Insights
    September 22, 2023

    Developing Countries Won’t Beat the Climate Crisis Without Tackling Rising Debt

    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • Paying for Paris
    • COP28
    Woman rows boat in flooded Benin village.
    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • Paying for Paris
    • COP28
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 31, 2023

    What’s After Coal? Accelerating China’s Overseas Investment in Renewables

    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    Aerial photo of solar power station in Hangzhou, China
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    Insights
    December 15, 2022

    What the World Really Needs to Adapt to Climate Change

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Women transplanting rice in flooded paddy field.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Finance
    Insights
    October 28, 2022

    COP27’s Success Hinges on Loss and Damage Finance Discussions

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    A Pakistani woman cooks bread outside her tent after escaping floods.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    Finance
    Insights
    September 13, 2022

    Investing in Green Index Funds? They Probably Aren't Aligned with the Paris Agreement

    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • Climate
    As a construction worker installs solar panels onto a roof, wind turbines produce energy behind him.
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • Climate
    Finance
    Insights
    March 3, 2022

    3 Ways BlackRock Can Do Better on Sustainable Finance

    • Economics
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Business
    BlackRock
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Business
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    June 14, 2021

    South Korea and Japan Will End Overseas Coal Financing. Will China Catch Up?

    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Dump trucks and cranes carrying and extracting coal from a coal work site.
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Insights
    June 4, 2021

    Why the Green Climate Fund Should Give Developing Countries Greater Direct Access to Finance

    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • COP26
    • Paying for Paris
    Wetland restoration in Peru
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    • Climate
    • COP26
    • Paying for Paris
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    April 16, 2021

    How BlackRock and Vanguard Can Advance the Net-zero Emissions Movement

    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • offsets
    • Finance
    Capital building.
    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • offsets
    • Finance
    Finance
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Confronting Simultaneous Climate, Public Health, and Economic Shocks in Developing Countries

    • Finance
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    farmers-drought-mozambique
    • Finance
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2021

    4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    Latin America Oceania
    Insights
    December 21, 2020

    To Build Back from COVID-19, Don’t Overlook Informal Workers

    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Tamil Nadu street vendor
    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 4, 2020

    In the Time of COVID-19, China Could Be Pivotal in Swapping Debt for Climate and Health Action

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • health
    A cityscape in Beijing.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • health
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    July 29, 2020

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

    • green bonds
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    The People's Bank of China, a key player in financial guidance and sustainability. Photo by Flickr/bfishadow
    • green bonds
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Finance
    Insights
    May 11, 2020

    Quantitative Easing for Economic Recovery Must Consider Climate Change

    • Climate
    • coronavirus
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • climate change
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    • Climate
    • coronavirus
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • climate change
    Finance
    Insights
    April 27, 2020

    Sustainable Finance Targets Matter More Than Ever: 3 Lessons for Banks

    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Manhattan buildings. Photo by Thomas Hawk/Flickr
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels

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