Blog | Climate finance has many taxonomies, but not enough translation
By Clare Wingfield Anyone working in climate finance notices a persistent theme in discussions about standards. Most experts agree that the market needs clear guidelines, but there is far less consensus about which standards to use. At a recent industry summit, an investor summed it up neatly, ‘Everyone is doing their own frameworks and […]
Blog | Can Africa build an investment-ready e-mobility ecosystem?
By Isaacnezer Njuguna Across Sub-Saharan Africa, electric mobility is reshaping public transport. Cities such as Kigali, Nairobi, Dakar and Addis Ababa are deploying electric buses, while electric motorcycles are supporting last-mile transport in markets where two-wheelers are a major mode of mobility. Approximately 132,000 electric vehicles are in operation across Africa, and about half […]
Blog | Record climate finance, shrinking targets and what MDBs’ best year yet brings for private capital
By Clare Wingfield Two things happened almost in the same breath this summer, and together they tell a more interesting story than either does on its own. The first is that the multilateral development banks published their 2025 Joint Summary Report on Climate Finance, and the numbers are, by any measure, a record. Collective […]
Blog | GEF-9 focal areas: what each one is designed to deliver through 2030
By Luisa Freitas and Abiodun Salako Replenished every four years, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) defines the strategic direction, funding levels, and programming priorities that direct the flow of environmental finance to developing nations. The GEF is now in its ninth replenishment cycle, a four-year, multi-billion-dollar commitment to tackling some of the world’s most […]
Blog | Loss and damage: What the Ninth FRLD board meeting revealed about the cost of being underfunded
By Zahra Hdidou The Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) met at the Asian Development Bank headquarters in Manila from 8 to 10 July 2026 for its ninth meeting (B9) as Super Typhoon Inday (international name Bavi) passed through the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The storm did not make […]
Project spotlight | Approved – FP305 – Building the resilience of Togo’s national health system and vulnerable communities to climate-sensitive health outcomes
By Rachelle Sapphire Laplante We caught up with Consultant Rachelle Sapphire Laplante to discuss the project: FP305 | Building the Resilience of Togo’s National Health System and Vulnerable Communities to Climate-Sensitive Health Outcomes. The project was one of three proposals the E Co. team supported to approval at the 45th Green Climate Fund (GCF) […]
Replay kit | GCF B.45 unpacked
On Thursday, July 16, 2026, our climate finance experts hosted a debrief session to analyse key developments from the recent 45th Green Climate Fund (GCF) Meeting of the Board (B.45), which took place from June 29 to July 2, 2026. They also discussed our recent 32nd GCF insight report, focusing on ‘Rethinking capacity building models […]
Blog | #LCAW 2026: Building capacity, closing the pipeline gap and mobilising investment
By Victoria Verdesoto Phothirath and Mouna Lyoubi As the dust settles on a busy week in the sweltering heat, London Climate Action Week (LCAW) leaves plenty to think on. The climate finance community gathered to discuss how countries can prepare for and respond to climate risks. The heat gave those conversations an unusually sharp […]
Blog | The threat of a super El Niño exposes the limits of today’s climate finance
By Natalia Rubiano ‘’The world must treat [El Niño] as the urgent climate warning it is.’’ – Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General El Niño, the naturally recurring climate pattern linked to warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific, was officially declared on 11 June by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
Blog | Bonn 2026: The growing gap between climate promises and action
By Celia Chameni In June 2026, international diplomats gathered in Bonn, Germany, for the UNFCCC’s mid-year climate talks, formally the 64th session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64). The two-week conference, running from 8 to 18 June, was intended to lay the groundwork for the COP31 summit in Antalya, Türkiye, this November. It took place […]