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Bonds Could Unlock Climate Adaptation in Emerging Markets

Chris Hall

Estimated adaptation costs and financing needs in developing countries are between five to ten times greater than recorded 2020 international public adaptation finance flows, according to the 2021 Adaptation Gap report published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). . billion last year, with a YoY growth of 941%. .

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Finance Majors Invest in “Cleaner, Greener” Farming

Chris Hall

Phatisa, which operates across sub-Saharan Africa, wants all of its portfolio companies to have drawn up a gender policy complete with “stretching targets to increase female employment across different skill levels by 2025”. Nuveen, with 1.2