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Climate Finance

From Bottlenecks to Breaking Ground

[Updated March 2, 2026] Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) are rich in climate ambition, yet face a debilitating paradox: they have plenty of early-stage project concepts, but insufficient early-stage finance and, in many cases, limited technical capacity to transition from concept to reality. Every year at COP and other…

Clean Energy 101: Nationally Determined Contributions

The landmark Paris Climate Agreement — a legally binding international treaty on climate change — is now in its 10th year. It is also a pivotal year for climate action as it marks the deadline for countries to revise and submit their climate plans under that treaty. These plans…