Recognising the importance of the financial sector’s incorporation in the transformation process towards green economies, GIZ Financial Systems Development has introduced new advisory services for policymakers and financial intermediaries in the recent past, and has developed specific products and instruments to smooth the way for green growth and suitable climate change adaptation. Current activities focus on the promotion of green financial sector regulation, the build-up of capacities in financial institutions as well as the introduction of innovative financing concepts to increase the flow of funds into green investments, and the development of weather and agricultural insurance solutions.
This paper offers a snapshot of GIZ’s activities. The paper includes case studies from Tajikistan and Ghana.
The document presents a series of climate change-related projects that the International Finance Cooperation (IFC) has supported from all around the world. It also contains a series of tools for green investors, including:
As the global population heads toward 9 billion by 2050, decisions made today will lock countries into growth patterns that may or may not be sustainable in the future.
The report shows evidence of the potential benefits of adopting sustainability as a business strategy. It also shows a dramatic shift in banks' awareness of these benefits.
In this publication, CDKN and Climate Strategies present nine papers from leading climate change academics, policy-advisors and subject matter experts on some of the critical deadlocks hampering climate negotiations, and new economic, social and political ideas to move the debate forward.