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Banks around world in joint pledge on 'green recovery' after Covid

TheGuardian

But the banks stopped short of pledging an end to fossil fuel finance, and did not set out firm targets for how much funding they would devote to a green recovery in a declaration signed on Thursday by 450 development banks worldwide. Continue reading.

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Revealed: development banks funding industrial livestock farms around the world

TheGuardian

Investigation uncovers finance worth $2.6bn pumped into meat and dairy industries, despite warnings of links to climate catastrophe Two of the world’s leading development banks have pumped billions of dollars into the global livestock sector, despite warnings that reducing meat and dairy consumption is essential for tackling the climate crisis.

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Tax financial transactions to help Covid recovery, G20 told

TheGuardian

Ahead of a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Venice on Friday, a letter from more than 100 economists said the immediate introduction of a financial transactions tax (FTT) would make economies more resilient and generate much-needed public investment. Continue reading.

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JP Morgan Creates $100B Funding Arm To Help UN

PYMNTS

JPMorgan has created a $100 billion funding arm — the JPMorgan Development Finance Institution (DFI) — to expand investments in emerging markets and help the United Nations (U.N.) meets its Sustainable Development Goals , JPMorgan announced on Tuesday (Jan. It’s an honor and privilege to join JPMorgan’s DFI,” said Allibhoy.

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To fight the climate crisis, banks must stop financing factory farming | Kari Hamerschlag and Christopher D Cook

TheGuardian

Public development banks are directly undermining UN and Paris climate goals by channeling billions of taxpayer dollars into multinational meat corporations As the climate crisis boils over, new research shows that reducing methane emissions is our best hope to rapidly stem the crisis. of total greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).

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Back to the Future IV: challenges for financial stability policy in the next decade

BankUnderground

In this post, we explore three timely challenges that financial stability policymakers are likely to face in the coming years, including risks associated with: non-bank financial intermediation, cryptoassets and decentralised finance (DeFi), and climate change. Consequently, they are increasingly a source of finance for UK businesses.

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Supporting the Financial Services Industry Sustainability Journey

Cisco

As climate change and the impacts of the carbon-based economy are becoming a centerstage conundrum across the globe, driving shareholder value is no longer the only goal for financial institutions (FIs). FIs are in a position to help build and accelerate sustainable development.

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