By 2021, the global sustainable finance landscape had grown fragmented and become difficult to navigate. Investors could not compare bonds across markets, and countries had built taxonomies in isolation, creating incomparable standards. Financial institutions navigated multiple competing frameworks, facing difficulties in distinguishing credible climate-aligned activities Read More …
The Environmental Cost of Economic Growth: Shifting Investment Paradigms As societies increasingly rely on markets for resource allocation, there is a growing realization that the health of the world economy is intricately linked to the environment’s wellbeing. This private-sector-led growth engine has led to ecological Read More …
by: Ramy Zeid – Sustainable Finance Researcher Laura Eoa Songue – Communications Consultant In 2021, the G20 Sustainable Financing Working Group (SFWG) was revived to scale up sustainable finance, supporting the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement. The voluntary and flexible G20 Sustainable Finance Roadmap created by Read More …
As an aftermath of the pandemic, the so-called ‘decade of action’ unfolded with severe economic contraction throughout the world, followed by disproportionate recoveries. According to the 2021 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development, the pandemic has set back Read More …