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Finance
Transition Finance Case Studies: Logan and Chambers — Renegotiate, Refinance, Redevelop
The global power sector's transition from “coal to clean” will be critical to meeting urgent climate targets but must be managed carefully to ensure the transition supports economic development.
Transition Finance Case Studies: ACEN — Project Sale to Special Purpose Vehicle
The global power sector's transition from “coal to clean” will be critical to meeting urgent climate targets but must be managed carefully to ensure the transition supports economic development.
Transition Finance Case Studies: Tocopilla Units 14 and 15 — Results-Based Loan Incentive
The global power sector's transition from “coal to clean” will be critical to meeting urgent climate targets but must be managed carefully to ensure the transition supports economic development.
Unpacking Five Key Barriers to Transition Finance
While money is increasingly flowing to climate solutions and clean technologies, financing emission reductions in high-emitting and hard-to-abate sectors faces challenges to ensure credibility and real economy impact. Here we outline five key barriers to transition finance.
Why Sectoral Target-Setting Finance Frameworks Are Key to Industrial Decarbonization
Setting climate targets to reduce financed emissions is now the norm for most of the banking sector. Many large banks are now eager to shift focus from target-setting to measuring and deploying transition finance. But — while mobilizing capital for the transition is necessary — laying the right foundation through target-setting is still critical if banks are to not only reduce financed emissions but also finance emissions reductions.
