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Madhvi Sonia

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

What will the UK climate fintech space look like in 2035?

This is an extract from the recently published report, 'The Future of UK Fintech - 2015-2035'. 2006 ‘The Economics of Change – The Stern Review’ released by Nicholas Stern: the report assessed a wide range of evidence on the impacts of climate change and on the economic costs. The conclusion of the study is that the benefit of a strong and early ac...

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How fintechs can help build a new climate-centric financial architecture for Africa

During last year’s COP28 summit in Dubai, African political and financial leaders spoke extensively about how important financing will be in ensuring that Africa’s future is a climate-resilient one. One of the more ambitious proposals for ensuring that this financing plays the role it should, came from Wale Shonibare, director for energy, financia...

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Katie Blum

Katie Blum Principal at Holtara

Where will ESG stand in financial services in 2024?

The evolution of ESG from buzzword to a fundamental aspect of decision-making for businesses and investors alike has reached a critical juncture as we enter 2024. The ESG landscape, shaped by the rise of responsible business practices and countered by the anti-ESG movement in 2023, is poised to challenge prevailing narratives around sustainability...

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Daniel Klier

Daniel Klier CEO at ESG Book

Forget COP: Why financial markets must advocate for ESG

Experts warn 2024 could take us into uncharted climate territory, pushing temperature rises beyond the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius. These stakes demand one thing: there must be no more COPs where corporate emissions, as the main driver of the climate crises, are not meaningfully addressed. Oil and gas majors remain the biggest offenders, but ...

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Lukky Ahmed

Lukky Ahmed CEO at Climate X

COP28: Why climate science is critical for banking regulation

Science is at the heart of COP28 Against a backdrop of record global temperatures and associated extreme weather events, climate diplomats from 198 countries are wrapping up intense negotiations at COP28, the biggest U.N. climate summit to date. A major feature of the summit has been the completion of the first ‘global stocktake’ of progress towar...

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Scott Hamilton

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

What are the top COP28 takeaways for banks – thus far?

Amid all of the high hopes and sometimes lofty or overstated goals, achievements, and elusive dreams of the COP28 conference, continuing through to the 12th of December, financial services remained one of the top industries to watch. Noted by environmental scientists and experts the world over as key influencers of potential action, on their own p...

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Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What is the carbon market and how does it work?

The carbon market is a complex and often convoluted industry that has emerged in recent years amid the ESG and sustainability boom that has rocked the financial services sector. Numerous new carbon accounting start-ups have emerged that have contributed to the carbon market, which calculate the carbon emissions that a company is making and advise o...

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Nameer Khan

Nameer Khan Founder and CEO at Fils

Fintech: Leading the fight against greenwashing with data and transparency

In an era of heightened consciousness, consumers, investors, and regulatory bodies are scrutinising companies' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices more than ever. According to one Edelman report, almost three out of four institutional investors do not trust companies to achieve their ESG commitments. This scepticism has been driv...

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Scott Hamilton

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

How California’s new climate laws will impact companies across the globe

Recognising that climate change is a global issue that doesn’t respect human-created boundary lines, in the past month-plus the state of California took decisive action that will impact many companies defined as doing business within its boundaries. Its legislature passed two bills, both later signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, that will require lar...

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Ivana Popovic

Ivana Popovic Research Associate at Centre for Climate Finance & Investment

Why the net zero transition needs people at its heart

It is no secret that we need to act more urgently if we are to effectively tackle the most severe consequences of climate change. Global warming, and the dire effects that come with it, are already drastically impacting the world and its civilians. Whether it be increased natural disasters, the reduction of biodiversity, or less clean air for peop...

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Finextra Research

Finextra Research Writer at Finextra

How to finance a sustainable city

Kicking off Sustainable Finance Live 2023 at Events@no6 in London, founder of ResponsibleRisk Richard Peers, highlighted the objective of this year’s event, to bring people together in their likeminded desire to drive sustainability in their work. He outlined this year’s main theme: how to finance sustainable cities, what we can do to identify solu...

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Madhvi Sonia

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

Why banks are pivotal to financing sustainable cities

This is an excerpt from 'The Future of ESGTech 2024' report. What is sustainable finance? Sustainable finance refers to the process of taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to more long-term investments in sustainable economic activities and ...

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