Blog | A gender lens on the socio-bioeconomy

By Juliana Castro Escobar and Aurelio Padovezi   This blog aims to highlight the need for a gender approach in projects seeking to leverage socio-bioeconomy. In the face of intensifying climate change, biodiversity loss, and growing inequality, the concept of a socio-bioeconomy is gaining traction as a technological fix and a transformative path. Beyond the […]

Replay kit | GCF B.42 unpacked

On Thursday 17 July, our climate finance experts hosted a debrief session to analyse key developments from the recent 42nd Green Climate Fund Meeting of the Board in Papua New Guinea. They also discussed our recent 29th GCF insight report focusing on the role of stakeholder mobilisation in sustainably transforming cities – drawing on expert […]

Blog | Funding urban climate action: an overview

By Patricia Katto    Introduction For just over a month, E Co. created a platform for both industry professionals and the wider public to come together and explore the critical relationship between cities and climate change. This took shape in our live series, “Investing in cities: funding urban climate action.” Cities are complex systems made […]

Blog | Sustainability leadership in action: Reflections from the UCL Sustainability Leadership Conference 2025

By Florentia Loizidou   Building knowledge and connections in a time of urgent transition. Last month, I had the privilege of attending the UCL Sustainability Leadership Conference which was a powerful multi-day forum that brought together academics, public servants, business leaders, and change-makers. The event allowed all these different groups to explore the deep transformations […]

GCF insight #29

Welcome to your 29th GCF insight report – The role of stakeholder mobilisation in transforming cities sustainably. Cities are central to both the causes of and solutions to climate change. As hubs of human activity and economic power, they generate up to 80% of global GDP, but also account for the majority of global greenhouse […]

Blog | Powering up the socio-bioeconomy through climate finance

By Aurelio Padovezi and Ignacia Holmes   As the world confronts the climate crisis, the socio-bioeconomy concept is gaining traction as a technological fix and a transformative path that centres ecosystems, culture, and people. At its core, the socio-bioeconomy is a strategic response to climate change that integrates renewable biological resources, circular production, and sustainable […]

Blog | Training for collaborative, creative thinking for climate finance

By Ellie La Trobe-Hogan “The aim must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who see in the service to the community their highest life problem” – Albert Einstein Einstein understood that any ‘education’, be it a training course, workshop or degree, needs to ensure that the individuals come out the other side […]

E Co. bites | Why is it important to have a strategy?

E Co. bites | Series 4   Welcome to our 4th series of E Co. bites! We share short and easily digestible climate finance explainers, technical lessons, and more about us, our work, and how you can support our mission. In this E Co. bite, founder Grant reveals how we help private investors unlock climate […]

E Co. bites | What is Market assessment and why is it important?

E Co. bites | Series 4   Welcome to our 4th series of E Co. bites! We share short and easily digestible climate finance explainers, technical lessons, and more about us, our work, and how you can support our mission. In this E Co. bite, our Founder Grant shares how tailored assessments reveal real opportunities, […]