This report focuses on the current health landscape in Africa and related challenges, while considering the road ahead. It analyses Africa’s readiness and capacity to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
ASEAN Green Finance State of the Market 2019 report is an analysis of the issuance of green bonds and green loans in Southeast Asia. Following Climate Bonds Initiative’s (CBI) first ASEAN Green Finance State of the Market 2018, this 2019 report reviews the progress made across the regional green finance landscape and emerging opportunities for more green bonds, loans and sukuk amongst ASEAN nations.
This study presents an analytical framework to evaluate the level of integration of climate mitigation and adaptation in cities’ local climate action plans, tested in nine major cities.
The paper, Mapping the evolving complexity of large hydropower project finance in emerging economies is the second in a series of working papers emerging from the CISL’s contribution to the FutureDAMS project, with a specific focus on the questions around sustainable finance for sustainable hydropower projects in developing countries.
The resource, A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and its Policy Implication offers a conceptual framework for analyzing the economic impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and considers some policy implications.
This report summarises the process and outcomes of the multi-stakeholder of the Amsterdam City Doughnut, which will guide the creation of circular strategies to create a truly thriving Amsterdam over the coming five years.
The resource, Safety First: Expanding the Global Financial Safety Net in Response to Covid-19, discuss the shortcomings of the current global financial system and develop a set of immediate and intermediate proposals to expand and reform the Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN) that will help both the crisis response as well as the development of a more robust and functional global financial system.
The Green Growth Potential Assessment (GGPA) is a diagnostic tool developed by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) that consists of a combination of data analysis and stakeholder consultation in order to identify and prioritise a country’s opportunities for green growth. This report presents the findings of the GGPA for Lao PDR. It reviews in detail the challenges and opportunities across a number of sectors and provides recommendations for each sector.
This publication is a unique benchmarking tool to assess and monitor progress in the design and implementation of SME policies against EU and international best practice. It is structured around the ten principles of the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA). Principle 9 - Enable SMEs to turn environmental challenges into opportunities - focuses on environmental Policies and on incentives and instruments for greening SMEs operations.
The Ocean Finance Handbook is a guide to support an increase in finance flowing towards the sustainable blue economy. The Handbook provides a key resource to enhance understanding of finance for a healthy ocean and generate conversations between financial institutions and marine-based businesses, conservation professionals and ocean project managers.