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Policy & Finance
Climate action requires debt relief
Tackling the intertwined crises of debt, climate change and biodiversity loss is essential to restoring growth and stability in developing economies.
Policy & Finance
Can COP30 succeed where COP29 failed?
There is scepticism around climate finance through private investments, and if private finance is to play a bigger role, policy reforms ahead of this year’s COP30 are needed. Alternatively, could the G20 or BRICS lead on climate finance?
Policy & Finance
Financial inclusion must reach the last billion
With the globalisation engine no longer as powerful as it once was, economic growth alone is unlikely to eradicate poverty. One complementary approach is to bolster financial inclusion.
Policy & Finance
If US attempts World Bank retreat, the China-led AIIB could be poised to step in – and provide a model of global cooperation
Weakening the World Bank and other multilateral development banks that have a large United States presence could present an opportunity for a little-known, relatively new Chinese-led international organisation like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
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Policy & Finance
Getting green investment where it’s needed most
27 January 2025
Policy & Finance
Southeast Asia's frustration with the state of climate finance
18 October 2024
Policy & Finance
Investments in nature will decide our future
28 March 2024
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29 January 2024
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Developing countries need debt relief to act on climate change
8 December 2023
Policy & Finance
Nature as infrastructure
24 November 2023
Carbon & Climate
How to salvage COP28
27 October 2023
24 October 2023
Policy & Finance
Who pays and how: the COP28 dilemma of debt and equity
12 October 2023
Policy & Finance
The Global North must follow the Global South's lead
24 June 2023
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What it will take to transform development finance
1 June 2023
Policy & Finance
The IMF's turn to lead on climate
10 May 2023
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We need creative solutions to the sovereign debt and climate crises
17 April 2023
Policy & Finance
The World Bank in a new world
4 April 2023
Policy & Finance
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