Emerging markets face gaps in equity financing, currency risk protection and scalable investment structures, say experts, who warn that climate projects will not be bankable without stronger policy support and financial reform.
Developing “replicable, repeatable” investment templates can pool risk and scale climate resilience projects, but closing the adaptation gap still hinges on far greater private sector participation, say sustainable finance executives.
Improved water pricing can crowd much-needed investments into the water cycle and facilitate transfers from advanced to developing economies, the bank’s economists told Eco-Business.
As the country moves to meet its renewables targets, grid projects must be negotiated so Cambodia retains control over operational data.
作者
Tan Sambathsopheaktra
Multilateral development banks have not kept pace with changes to the global financial environment. For middle-income countries like India, accessing knowledge and technology is now a bigger challenge than raising capital, which suggests that these institutions must rethink their operating model.
作者
Tanu M Goyal 和
Shekhar Aiyar
Much of the international community has been under the illusion that climate action and development are different pursuits. But to make progress on both agendas, the delegates at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference must recognise that they are one and the same, and begin building an integrated financing system.
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Mahmoud Mohieldin
Current macroeconomic frameworks rightly treat climate shocks as threats to fiscal stability, but do not recognise the economic benefits of investing in measures that mitigate their effects.
作者
Pepukaye Bardouille 和
Mahmoud Mohieldin
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From sponge cities to coastal forests, Asia is seeking ways to work with nature and prepare for the risks in a warmer-than-expected future. This Eco-Business video looks at what else cities need to do to strengthen climate resilience.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.