This paper, Experience and Lessons from South Africa, provides an outline of South Africa’s financial sector, the environmental and social issues it faces, the response of government and financial regulators and the extent to which has resulted in measurable sustainable investment flows.
Infrastructure is often referred to as the backbone of the global economy and plays a fundamental role in societies by enhancing the quality of life and increasing productivity. In addition to its effects on society and the economy, infrastructure can have significant impacts on the environment, depending on the choice of infrastructure.
The report, Green Finance - A Growing Imperative, explored the implications of the greening of the financial system for financial market actors and policymakers.
This report, Financing Sustainable Development: Moving from Momentum to Transformation in a Time of Turmoil, proposes five steps to embed financing for sustainable development at the heart of tomorrow’s global financial system and deliver the much-needed transformation.
How Paris Became the Capital of Climate Finance traces the evolution of the ‘networked solution’ to finance that came together at the COP21 in Paris, linking the formal negotiations with a broader set of actions by financial regulators, by financial institutions and also by civil society. It explores the creative dynamic between France’s efforts to stimulate action within its own domestic financial system, and the international steps harnessing the financial system for climate security. It closes with reflections on how this new approach can be deepened in the year ahead.