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    Finance Insights
    Finance
    Insights
    April 11, 2016

    Sustainable Transport Investment Could Save $300 Billion a Year - Within Existing Financial Flows

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • transportation
    Bus Rapid Transit systems in Rio de Janeiro
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • transportation
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    March 29, 2016

    Microsoft and Local Utility Partner to Green Virginia’s Grid

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Potomac River power plant
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Insights
    March 23, 2016

    Creating a Common Narrative for Financing a Sustainable Urban Future

    • Cities
    • public transit
    • Finance
    • transportation
    TransMilenio
    • Cities
    • public transit
    • Finance
    • transportation
    Finance
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 7, 2016

    How Uruguay Became a Wind Power Powerhouse

    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Sierra de los Caracoles wind farm in Uruguay.
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    March 4, 2016

    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Releases New Environmental and Social Standards. How Do They Stack Up?

    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Redevelopment of Dachong Village, Nanshan, Shenzhen
    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    February 11, 2016

    How Does China’s Growing Overseas Investment Affect Africa’s Forests? 5 Things to Know

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 8, 2016

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

    • green bonds
    • COP21
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Solar cell manufacturing center in Wuxi, China.
    • green bonds
    • COP21
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Equity
    Insights
    January 4, 2016

    Tackling Climate Change through Budget Transparency

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Dry season bean production in drought-affected Nicaragua. Photo by Neil Palmer (CIAT)/Flickr.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Finance
    Insights
    December 18, 2015

    What Does the Paris Agreement Do for Finance?

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • Green Climate Fund
    COP21
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • Green Climate Fund
    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
    December 10, 2015

    5 Numbers: What the Paris Climate Talks Have Already Delivered

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    COP21
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Insights
    December 9, 2015

    5 Principles to Guide Financial Institution Action on Climate Change

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Business
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    Paris skyline
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Business
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    Equity
    Insights
    December 8, 2015

    6 Ways to Make Small Businesses More Resilient to Climate Change

    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    Rural Ghana
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    Africa
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    COP21: Heading into Week 2, Things Are Starting to Get Interesting

    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • restoration
    • UNFCCC
    Jane Goodall at AFR100 launch, Paris. Credit: Michael Oko
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • restoration
    • UNFCCC
    Equity
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    Ensuring Adaptation Finance Accountability

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Climate-smart agriculture in Kenya
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    African Countries Aim to Restore 100 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Finance
    Insights
    December 1, 2015

    6 Things to Look for on Finance at the Paris Climate Negotiations

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Harvesting season in Nyando climate-smart villages
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Insights
    November 30, 2015

    4 Corporate Carbon Pricing Do’s and Don’ts

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • emissions
    Power plant
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Business
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • emissions
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 12, 2015

    Greening Finance: A View from Beijing

    • Business
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    The recent CCICED meeting took place in Beijing, China. Photo by Francisco Anzola/Flickr.
    • Business
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 11, 2015

    By Taking 5 Steps, China Can Start Leading the Green Finance Revolution

    • Business
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • low carbon development
    WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer presents Green Finance task force report at CCICED annual general meeting in Beijing, China. Photo by Lawrence MacDonald.
    • Business
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • low carbon development

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