The state of global air quality funding 2023
The State of Global Air Quality Funding series, produced in partnership with the Clean Air Fund, maps the outdoor air quality funding landscape, presents major trends in international development finance
Finance
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Operationalising the loss and damage fund to address climate impacts
To operationalise the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF)— established at the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) after intense negotiations — a Transitional Committee (TC) has been tasked with providing recommendations
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Activating alignment: applying the G-20 principles for sustainable finance alignment with a focus on climate change mitigation
The first action in the G-20 Sustainable Finance Roadmap proposes six high-level principles for the development and global coordination of approaches to align investments with sustainability goals. “Alignment
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How big is the net zero finance gap?
Better climate finance data enables investors and policymakers to make better decisions. But until now, no comprehensive estimates existed of the scale of climate finance needed by sector to deliver net
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Leaving no one behind: a green bargain for people and planet
With the increasing frequency of fires, floods, droughts and other extreme weather events, countries across the world are facing a new era of climate-linked crises. The international climate finance system
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Tracking universal health coverage: 2023 global monitoring report
The world is off track to make significant progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) (SDG target 3.8) by 2030 as improvements to health services coverage have stagnated since 2015, and the proportion
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From rhetoric to reality: investigating financial institutions' net zero portfolio commitments
This report aims to shed light on net zero portfolio targets’ internal climate prioritisation value (Do they drive financial institutions’ climate action?) and real-world impact value (What can we expect
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G20 policy recommendations for advancing financial inclusion and productivity gains through digital public infrastructure
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has had a transformative impact on India, extending far beyond inclusive finance. The G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion document prepared by World Bank
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Technical dialogue of the first global stocktake: synthesis report by the co-facilitators on the technical dialogue
This synthesis report on the technical dialogue of the first global stocktake is based on inputs received throughout the process and discussions held during each of the three meetings of the technical
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Financing clean energy in Africa
Although Africa accounts for one-fifth of the global population, the region currently attracts only 3% of global energy investment. By 2030, energy investment needs to double to over USD 200 billion per