Sustainable finance

Sustainable finance

Read the opening statement by Prince Charles at our recent digital event about transitioning to a nature-focused circular bioeconomy

Bitcoin's value has been skyrocketing, but its mining energy comes at a climate cost. How can cryptocurrency be sustainable?

A nature- and people-powered circular bioeconomy could create USD 3.5 trillion in business opportunities and 87 million jobs by 2030

China sets new climate targets, wildfire smoke is far deadlier than car exhaust and why the Amazon is now warming the planet

Q&A with European Forest Institute director Marc Palahí on the bioeconomy movement, sustainability and how forests can help achieve this

In this news roundup: Yemen on the brink of mass famine, Atlantic circulation weakest in 1,600 years and how Bitcoin threatens the climate

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

Find out how finance can help save the wetlands of Lake Naivasha in Kenya, which provide habitat for wildlife and clean the lake's water.

Luxembourg unveils sustainable finance plan, scientists call for Colombia hippo cull and DJs mash birdsong with techno beats

The Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI) will promote investment solutions for a global economic transition.

Our pick of this year’s top stories

From crowdfunding to mobile payments, digital technologies prove a formidable weapon for biodiversity in the Philippines.

The Rainforest Alliance has created a new certification program for products from tropical farms that help conserve the environment

In this news roundup: Banks harming biodiversity, farms fueling COVID mutations, and why the Pfizer vaccine means little to the Global South

One-fifth of all countries risk natural collapse, says a new Swiss RE report. The insurance company states the need to invest in biodiversity