The ADB’s senior climate envoy calls for a less fragmented approach to climate finance and talks about a new path for financing decarbonisation and boosting resilience to extreme weather events.

Our monthly preview video for the October cover story, which examines the reasons behind banks’ continued engagement with fossil fuel companies.

The region has seen a number of financing structure innovations, but more needs to be done to make a real sustainable impact.

Amid growing pressure on financial institutions to push for greener ways to do business internationally, development banks are being called on to upscale their sustainability and human rights efforts. 

For the second year in a row, Vancity has topped the annual Sustainable Banking Revenues league table, which looks at how much of banks’ overall revenue is being generated from sustainable lending, investments and underwriting. 

Women with access to financial services are better equipped to deal with the shocks related to climate risks and to build their own resilience, writes the president and CEO of Women’s World Banking.

The successes of the African Climate Summit, together with the African Union’s admission to the G20, mean that African voices are becoming harder to ignore on the global stage.

Is this what a just, orderly and responsible transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 looks like?

While the EU has led the development of green finance standards, Asia is ahead of the curve on transition finance, with Japan driving the transition bond market.

Discover how financial institutions can navigate the complex journey of measuring financed emissions to achieve net-zero goals and gain a competitive edge in the era of climate-smart banking.