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    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
    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
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    March 17, 2021

    A Green Recovery Starts with Cities

    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    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
    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
    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
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    October 10, 2019

    More Water Shortages Mean Energy Investors Need New Ways to Manage Drought Risk

    • Water Security
    • fossil fuels
    • drought
    • Energy
    • Finance
    A thermal power plant in Rajasthan. Flickr/vedantlath
    • Water Security
    • fossil fuels
    • drought
    • Energy
    • Finance
    Finance
    Insights
    May 6, 2019

    How the International Monetary Fund Is Waking Up to the Financial Risks of the Climate Crisis

    • Economics
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Extraction machine coal mine coal mining excavator
    • Economics
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Finance
    Insights
    January 26, 2018

    At Davos, Mahindra Chairman Commits to Science-Based Emissions Reductions, Calls on Other Companies to Join Him

    • Business
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Rise
    • Business
    • Economics
    • carbon pricing
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Finance
    Insights
    June 20, 2017

    Shareholders Force ExxonMobil to Plan for a World with Paris Agreement's Emissions Restrictions

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    Wall Street is telling ExxonMobil to pick a new direction.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • Business
    Finance
    Insights
    January 11, 2017

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Andrew Steer
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Finance
    Insights
    December 10, 2015

    3 Key Questions for the Energy Industry Around a Global Climate Agreement

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    COP21 march in London
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Insights
    October 15, 2015

    Before Paris, Bonn: What Needs to Happen at Prelude to COP21

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • UNFCCC
    • COP21
    Photo by Matthias Zepper/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • UNFCCC
    • COP21
    Finance
    Insights
    September 4, 2015

    Bonn Climate Talks Lay Groundwork for Final Push Toward Paris

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement
    • COP21
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/37427697@N03/3581334345/">Vattenfall</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement
    • COP21
    Climate
    News
    July 6, 2015

    RELEASE: Global Commission Finds Economic Growth Can Close the Emissions Gap

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Economics
    • climate policy
    • Business
    • energy efficiency
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Economics
    • climate policy
    • Business
    • energy efficiency
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    June 7, 2015

    Looking for a Faster Pace at Bonn Climate Talks

    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Paris Agreement
    • UNFCCC
    • COP21
    UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference, photo by UNFCCC, June 4, 2015
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Paris Agreement
    • UNFCCC
    • COP21
    Climate
    Insights
    May 19, 2015

    Getting It Right: A New Global Model to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Finance
    Insights
    May 19, 2015

    3 Activities that Can Help Investors Become More “Climate Friendly”

    • Climate
    • Business
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    Solar panels at the Nellis Air Force Base in the United States. Photo by U.S. Air Force/Wikimedia Commons
    • Climate
    • Business
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels

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