According to a report from the World Resources Institute, interest in carbon markets is growing around the globe: 83% of countries intend to make use of international market mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon pricing provides mitigation incentives and indirectly reduces the vulnerability of the economy to climate change.
Norway’s sovereign fund still behind on climate By Håvard Halland and Marcin Kacperczyk While NBIM is taking ambitious steps on climate, the Ministry of Finance’s conservative approach is holding Norway’s sovereign fund back.
MEETINGS Global energy crisis: security, transition and investment Thursday 2 February, Roundtable This in-person roundtable discusses the security implications of the global energy crisis, how to scale up investment in clean energy and what governments can do to incentivise this.
ON DEMAND Reflecting on COP27 Alex Michie, head of the central secretariat for the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, speaks to Emma McGarthy, head of OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute, on the key outcomes of COP27 and the state of climate finance.
LATEST REPORT SPI Journal, Winter 2023This edition of the SPI journal examines the growth of carbon markets and the use of carbon-linked bonds to drive capital for renewable energy investment.
