This paper assesses the potential for recovery bonds to help sovereigns raise capital to fund a sustainable and climate-resilient post-COVID recovery. As climate impacts become more severe, countries need targeted approaches to capital borrowing and deployment that is designed to decrease emissions, increase renewable energy distribution and other climate mitigation and adaptation solutions, and create long-lasting green jobs for a secure economy.
In this report, the World Wide Fund for Nature highlights 12 species that are experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change, and outlines how their future depends on humanity’s urgent response to the environmental crisis.
This report assesses the potential for results-based finance to expand post-COVID recovery funds while improving sustainability efforts. By linking financial rewards to climate objectives, RBF enables innovative financing arrangements that can accelerate funding from the private sector.
As the world’s only crowdsourced report on renewable energy, the Renewables 2021 Global Status Report, published by the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) covers policies, markets and more, while telling the most up-to-date global story on renewable energy.
This paper presents a roadmap for how the textile and clothing industry in the Netherlands can become more circular by 2050, with a deep dive into a circular scenario focused on 'reuse' that could maximize opportunities for employment and skills development.