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Africa needs a new development model. The time is now

USAID is dead. It’s time for Africa to draw up a new blueprint for its future – one that cures its dependency on development aid.

 

REDD+ turns 10, growing into its own

REDD+ might not have turned out as expected, but its goal of transformational change is still in sight

 
Andreas Gücklhorn, Unsplash

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.

 

Venture capital and the climate crisis

Does venture capital really shape the climate movement, or is just reflective of a wider shift toward greener technology?

 

Best of Landscape News 2022: Finance and technology

Our pick of this year’s top stories

 
A visualization of carbon being added to the air by humans. Carbon visuals, Flickr

“Wartime” investment in carbon capture must start now, researchers say

What could wartime levels of emergency funding for carbon capture buy us in the fight against global warming - our "third world war"?

 
Sichuan's Jiuzhaigou nature reserve, a landscape of connected valleys in southwest China. Roman Korzh, Flickr

Increasing protected areas could yield USD 250 billion in economic output

A new report finds that economic benefits of expanding protected areas to cover 30% of the planet's lands and oceans outweigh the costs 5-to-1.

 
Globally, one in nine people suffers from hunger or malnutrition, according to the 2020 Global Nutrition Report. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Food security’s large need for small doses of sustainable finance

Access to sustainable finance proves a challenge for scaling up smallholder projects that combine climate goals with achieving food security.

 
Lavender fields in France, one of the members states of the E.U., which collectively pledged to spend EUR 20 billion annually on biodiversity conservation. stezz, Flickr

Plant-based beer bottles, lifesaving llamas and billion$ for biodiversity

In this news roundup: global carbon emissions down 17%, virtual conferences go mainstream, and locusts wreak havoc in India

 
The Zambezi Delta in Mozambique, where the Green Climate Fund is supporting projects on food-security for women and ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change.

A decade old, the world’s largest climate fund receives its first pulse-check

Independent evaluation head Jyotsna Puri casts her critical eye on the strengths and weaknesses of the Green Climate Fund, the world's largest climate fund.

 
Jessica Lucia, Flickr

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.

 

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.

 
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