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"The Grant Agreement for the Carbon Market Development Project with the lnternational Reconstruction and Bank for Development and International Development Association has been published" by Benan Arseven, A. Basak Acar and Baran ELÇİ of MOROGLU ARSEVEN 🔎 Read: https://lnkd.in/dKHQanrB #ESG I #sustainability I #carbonmarket I #greeneconomy I #esginvesting I #internationaldevelopment I #climatechangemitigation I #sustainabledevelopmentgoals

Join us at the #WWF 10th World Water Forum, for a dedicated session of #sustainable #water #finance #beyond #banks on Tuesday May 21st, 8:30AM-10:00AM in room 4. Context Setting: Gary White, WaterEquity CEO Moderator: Neil Dhot   Panelists: Rolf Richard Keil – #Chairman CERAFILTEC Vietnam & #Commissioner ALPHA ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP Fakri Karim – UNCDF Transformative Finance Senior Advisor Ninsiima Alison Linda – Rural Gender & Development Assn. Pieter Tobing - Water.org Director Global Infrastructure Advisory Services Charles-Edouard Rigoux – Gateway Partners, Director #T5B2: #Financing: Beyond Banks, #Engaging More #Actors in #Water #Finance The second #integrated #session focuses on #repayable #finance, and specifically on how to #engage with a #wider #spectrum of #market #actors to #mobilize #private #investment into #water. The session focuses on #dealflow, with the #objective of #demonstrating how the #capitalmarkets can #unlock #finance for #water and sanitation #investment, particularly for #projects in the “missing middle”, i.e. with capital requirements of between US$10-100 million. This #segment is currently #poorly #served, in part because of #asymmetries in #perceived #risk and #return, but also because project #developers, #privatesector #companies and #public #utilities all #depend on a relatively narrow range of market actors to #access finance. The capital markets #landscape has #evolved #significantly in the period since the Covid pandemic, and this is less well reflected in the water sector compared to other #infrastructure #asset #classes. Discussants will engage with what ‘investment readiness’ looks like in the #current #environment, and how this might be #different from the #past. The #conversation will be #guided by #practitioners who #actively #invest in the sector. The session will consider the #growth of #impactinvestment as an allocation #strategy, and #critically #evaluate whether this has the #potential to #transform #capitalflows to the #watersector. #Unpacking what ‘impact investment’ means in #practice, what some of the #emerging #strategies look like, and a discussion on the #tools, #vehicles, #incentives, and #policies in #development will be a #key #focus of the discussion. Thank you Claire Brown Lyons of Water.org for making this happen and bring all of us #together on this day in cooperation with Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat (PUPR) Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs Republic of Indonesia Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas Republic of Indonesia. Figen Kikki Keil Cao Tri Nguyen Burkhard Hinz ALPHA ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP CERAFILTEC Vietnam KfW APEKSI - Asosiasi Pemerintah Kota Seluruh Indonesia | Association of Indonesia Municipalities

💰 Access to sustainable funding is transforming the region! Our ’Sustainability in the Middle East 2024’ report shows a significant increase in green finance, with 34% of those we surveyed looking to access green loans and bonds - up 20% on our 2023 findings. Discover how this financial momentum is driving the region's sustainability initiatives and helping to achieve ambitious climate targets: https://pwc.to/3V8K1RO @PwC Middle East @Strategy& Middle East #OurregionYourfuture

Water resources around the 🌍 are under severe stress. Achieving water security requires a substantial increase in investment across the water sector. How do we close the water investment gap and #ScaleUpFinance4Water? Water is: 💧a critical natural resource 💧a global public good 💧an essential service The public sector cannot tackle this challenge alone. Coordinated action is critical and the private sector has a key role to play in bridging the financing gap and helping to achieve the water-related Sustainable Development Goals and address climate impacts. Learn about The World Bank’s 🔟-step roadmap 🗺️ for catalyzing financing and innovation in water: https://lnkd.in/eEsv7swH   IFC - International Finance Corporation, IFC Infrastructure, MIGA, 2030 Water Resources Group, Saroj Kumar Jha, Michael John Webster

In 2023, ADB committed $4.3 billion to support sustainable development in Central and West Asia. Our new operations there helped shore up food security, strengthen public sector management, and improve access to quality health and education services. Our commitments also included $1.6 billion in climate finance, supporting investments in clean and renewable energy, sustainable transport networks, and green urban development. Learn more in the #ADBAnnualReport. 👉 https://bit.ly/3UIo659 #ADBAnnualMeeting #ADBTbilisi

Attendees can expect a comprehensive exploration of the research findings with guidance on how to integrate Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into corporate ESG strategies.

Achieving water security for all requires coordinated action and a substantial increase in investment across the water sector. How can we #ScaleUpFinance4Water? Over the next decade, the top global risks 📈 are directly linked to water💦: failure to mitigate climate change, failure to adapt to climate change, natural disasters and extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem collapse. Addressing a challenge of this scale requires an unprecedented response. We need global action, innovation, and investment. In a new blog, The World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development Juergen Voegele, IFC - International Finance Corporation Vice President of Industries Mohamed Gouled, and MIGA Vice President Chief Risk, Legal & Sustainability Officer Ethiopis Tafara reflect on the importance of this: 👉 https://lnkd.in/d2-zUCee The World Bank Group and partners—including IFC, MIGA, and the 2030 WRG— have developed the Strategic Framework: Scaling Up Finance for Water. This framework focuses on four key areas to catalyze financing and innovation for the water sector: ✅establishing enabling conditions for investment; ✅bringing in private sector expertise; ✅diversifying financing solutions; and ✅ advancing climate outcomes. The framework outlines a 🔟-step roadmap 🗺️ for catalyzing financing and innovation in water. Collaboration between public and private sectors is critical. The private sector has a key role to play in bridging the financing gap and helping to achieve the water-related Sustainable Development Goals and to address climate impacts. #WorldWaterDay #WorldBankWater Saroj Kumar Jha, Michael John Webster, Sarah Farhat, Alida Pham, IFC Infrastructure

The discussions will take a focused look at South Africa's progressive shift towards a low-carbon economy by critically examining the challenges inherent in balancing the allure of capital attraction with pressing environmental and social considerations, particularly in the realm of electricity production.

Today, at IEF-KAPSARC High-level Roundtable on Carbon Markets and the Circular Carbon Economy, in Riyadh. How can carbon markets unlock #investment and #climate finance in CCE #technologies to optimize and accelerate transitions? 👉 one of the topics under discussion. #energydialogue #Internationalenergyforum #ksa

📣 European Investment Bank endorses 2024 cities disclosure through CDP The devastating floods across Europe underline the urgent need to drive resilient and green urbanization, which the EIB is able to help support. Reporting through CDP-ICLEI Track better enables organizations like the EIB to understand sub-national environmental performance and opportunities. ➡ Report to CDP-ICLEI Track: https://lnkd.in/ecgizdvF