This briefing outlines the opportunities for the G20 to provide momentum to further the agenda of mobilising private sources for climate action. Read more
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Private climate finance has channelled significantly more into climate change mitigation than adaptation. But is private investment in adaptation as weak as the figures suggest? This commentary explores the reality and calls for a more enabling policy environment to unlock greater finance flows. Read more
The world will not avoid dangerous levels of climate change without a significant increase in investment. This commentary presents three priorities for climate finance for the achievement of the Paris targets and the protection of the world's most vulnerable communities. Read more
Annual investments in emerging market and developing countries other than China, to cut emissions, to boost resilience and deal with the loss and damage caused by climate change impacts, and to restore nature and land, should exceed $2 trillion by 2030, according to a new report. Read more
This report of the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance provides a framework for delivering finance for climate action, following the comprehensive approach embodied in the Paris Agreement and UNFCCC. Read more
With a new Prime Minister in Number 10, Nick Stern argues that public policy must be based on the recognition that private markets will be the primary drivers of investment and innovation to power change in the UK towards a clean, resilient and inclusive economy. Now the Government needs to create the right conditions for private finance as it works towards its complementary objectives of growth, net zero and levelling up. Read more
A new paper published today (8 March) by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the... Read more
A new report from the UK’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) warns of a ‘dramatic and worrying collapse’ in green investment... Read more
This policy brief outlines how the public sector can crowd in private finance to support low-carbon growth and innovation in the UK government’s Industrial Strategy. Read more
Headline issue The new UK Government under Prime Minister Theresa May has committed to boosting UK productivity, to addressing the... Read more
