Poorer countries struggling with debt may not have access to electricity, let alone be in a position to decarbonise. Renewed efforts on climate finance are therefore crucial to the clean energy transition, says a leading academic.
Nature-related risks are the next frontier for achieving genuinely sustainable finance and business practices, and soon the regulation will follow, argues the co-chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures and executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.