Financial pledges made this year to tackle climate change might seem worthy of a legacy: nations made major climate funding promises, committed to end the public financing of fossil fuel projects by 2022, and devoted billions of dollars to protect forests.
However, whether these commitments become reality remains to be seen, and it is up to individuals to demand that policymakers and business leaders follow through with these plans. Read through Landscape News‘ best finance articles from this year to get informed on the essentials of sustainable finance.
Sustainable finance 101: How to mobilize funds for the planet
All the ins and outs of sustainable investing
What is sustainable finance?
Sustainable finance and ESG investing are trending topics – but what do these terms really mean?
Indigenous communities receive less than 1% of climate mitigation aid, report finds
Of USD 30 billion, negligible amounts reach caretakers of nearly half the world’s non-Antarctic land
Can cryptocurrency be climate conscious?
Short answer: yes, but not Bitcoin
Why are carbon markets so critical right now?
GLF Live with Paul Burgers
Newly seeded with $14 billion, Africa’s Great Green Wall to see quicker growth
Funds for the Sahel’s barrier against desertification renew hope for its completion
Luxembourg launches a strategy to boost sustainable finance
The initiative will promote investment solutions for a global economic transition
With USD 2.3 trillion to spend, this is how public development banks can help biodiversity
It’s not just money that banks can put toward conservation, but policy support too, new report finds
