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This report, Stock Exchanges and Sustainability forms part of the broader Inquiry and looks at not just effective mobilization of capital but the development of a financial system that is supportive of more sustainable outcomes. It does this by examining one part of the financial system, namely equity markets.

Stock exchanges have historically played an important role in economic growth and development through enabling effective capital allocation. However, exchanges and markets more broadly have changed over time, in structure, inter-connectedness and rate of activity. This has happened against a backdrop of growing recognition of the unsustainability of the current economic growth path in both social and environmental terms. Sustainability advocates and others have identified stock exchanges and evolving market structure as both contributors to the problem and a potential partner in the solution.

This report reviews the state of Italy's fossil-fuel subsidies and their progress in reforming their policies to reduce wasteful consumption. This is part of the G20's framework of voluntary peer reviews on fossil-fuel subsidies.

The third edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI 3) measures finance professionals’ perceptions of the quality and depth of green financial offerings across 110 international financial centres.

This report examines the cost of economic growth on land, biodiversity, and ecosystem services in Asia-Pacific. It argues that creating a vision of sustainable landscapes can guide policymaking and administration towards more effective cross-boundary management of interdependent ecosystems.

Increased use of renewable energy, combined with intensified electrification, could prove decisive for the world to meet key climate goals by 2050. This study highlights immediately deployable, cost-effective options for countries to fulfill climate commitments and limit the rise of global temperatures.