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How is climate finance incorporating ‘just transition’?
Although there is no widely accepted definition of just transition, the agenda is gaining popularity among DFIs, MDBs and impact investors, particularly in the emerging markets.
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An opening for sustainability-linked debt in project finance?
Corporate borrowers and lenders have responded enthusiastically to the concept of sustainability-linked lending. Jennifer Charles and Ryan Ayrton, London-based partners at Watson Farley & Williams, discuss the application of sustainability-linked debt principles to a DFI lending staple – project finance.
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How are investors measuring impact?
Rife with greenwashing, lack of data, incoherent metrics, and costly due-diligence process, impact investors have struggled with measuring the impact of their investments. Newly launched initiatives by GIIN and UNEP work towards creating systematic and comparable analytical tools that have the potential to influence how capital is allocated and managed.
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Are emerging markets gaining from institutional investments in climate...
While asset managers and institutional investors are key to unlocking scalable private capital for climate action, emerging markets are lagging behind in institutional investments. That may change with the renewed focus on LNG spawned by energy security concerns over Russia and carbon sequestration.
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Under the radar: Electricity transmission in Pakistan
FMO and Proparco’s seven-year loan to Pakistani electricity provider K-Electric to finance the upgrade of its transmission system is arguably the replicable bankable long-term structure that the sector has been waiting for.
