The 34th edition of Climate & Finance follows climate governance from advocacy into implementation, where climate and finance have never been more closely linked.
We examine how European pioneers use blended finance to make floating offshore wind bankable; how UNEP FI’s new framework integrates sustainability risk into bank risk management, favoring client engagement over divestment; and whether Taiwan’s new carbon fee, compared with the EU ETS and Singapore’s carbon tax, will drive real decarbonization investment.
Finally, Nepal’s deadly August floods expose the limits of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), as slow procedures and the loans-versus-grants debate set up a key test for COP31.