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Sustainable finance 101: How to mobilize funds for the planet

How can we mobilize funds for restoration and other climate solutions? Here’s all you need to know about sustainable finance.

 
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A sustainable finance glossary

Confused by finance jargon? Fear not – here are the most important sustainable finance terms you need to know.

 
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Best of Landscape News 2019: Finance

2019's top Landscape News stories on sustainable finance, from explainers and glossaries to conversations with some of the world’s largest fund managers.

 
Taking stock of growth progress of the Afrormosia tree in a forestry project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Metric gold: Are better measurements the key to boosting sustainable finance?

Accounting for progress and developing a universal language for reporting findings can attract sustainable finance investors, finance experts say.

 
The fourth iteration of the Global Landscapes Forum's finance-focused symposium was held in Luxembourg on 30 November 2019. Pilar Valbuena, GLF

The risks and rewards of mainstreaming sustainable land-use finance

Leaders raise the profile of the sustainable land-use finance sector at the Global Landscapes Forum’s fourth Investment Case Symposium.

 

Taking stock: The past and present of the Luxembourg Green Exchange

In conversation with Julie Becker, the creator of the world’s first sustainability-focused trading platform, the Luxembourg Green Exchange.

 
Acacia trees being planted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

To adapt to climate change are vulnerable countries getting the money they need?

New reports break down what type of finance vulnerable countries are receiving, finding that not enough is going toward adaptive measures.

 
In 2018, more than USD 44 billion was raised from carbon pricing, including carbon taxes, according to the World Bank. Trending Topics 2019, Flickr

A brief explainer on carbon markets

What are carbon markets, and how do they work? This short article explains carbon taxes, cap-and-trade, voluntary markets and more.

 
Old architecture in Luxembourg City, the country's namesake capital. Andreas Wigmostad Bjerkhaug, Flickr

Insights into Luxembourg’s green growth

Luxembourg Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development's André Weidenhaupt sees the country’s future with fewer cars and more finance.

 
The government of Luxembourg has invested EUR 1.9 billion in the revitalization of Belval. Tobias Mandt, Flickr

From industrial landscape to City of Science: A portrait of Belval

The collapse of the steel industry hit Luxembourg's Belval region hard. Now a €2 billion project seeks to revitalize it through research and innovation.

 
From the end of 2020 onward, the European Investment Bank has committed to aligning all finance activities with the Paris Agreement and help bring EUR 1 trillion into sustainable investment by 2030. Philippe Put, Flickr

Martin Berg on sustainable finance: Where does it stand?

The EIB's sustainable finance expert expounds on technologies, reporting and de-risking investment to beat the climate crisis.

 
Calvert Impact Capital's investors range from financial institutions to faith-based organizations to individuals. Pictures of money, Flickr

Upon impact, with Justin Conway

An impact investment veteran gives the state of the sector, from the importance of transparency to how youth are changing money flows.

 
West Kalimantan tropical forest

What to think of California’s new Tropical Forest Standard

Tropical forests are vital to limiting global warming – and California's controversial Tropical Forest Standard aims at keeping them in place.

 
As the world's last remaining grand duchy, Luxembourg has one of the highest rates of GDP per capita. Alfonso Jimenez, Flickr

Luxembourg’s environment minister on the tiny country’s outsize goals

Carole Dieschbourg tells how the world’s 20th-smallest country is becoming a climate leader through energy-system transformation and sustainable finance.

 
A butterfly in Peru. Governments should create more economic incentives to protect biodiversity, an OECD report urges. Jeffrey van Lent, CIFOR

Report makes the business case for governments to protect biodiversity

A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development presents a business case for governments to protect biodiversity through taxes.

 

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