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Investing in the arms race: The companies building nuclear weapons and their financiers

Impax Asset Management
This report analyses 25 companies producing nuclear weapons and their financial backers. Highlighting over $1 trillion in total investments and financing from 301 institutions, it urges the financial sector to use its leverage to reject nuclear armament and make choices that benefit global security and humanity.
Research
20 April 2026

Making your city investable: A practical guide to green finance

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
This guide outlines how local governments can access green finance by shifting from ad hoc initiatives to embedded institutional strategies. Highlighting successful international examples, it emphasises the importance of transparent governance, predictable project pipelines, and standardised reporting to build investor confidence and secure long-term climate capital.
Research
10 March 2026

Viability of standalone battery energy storage tariffs discovered in 2025

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
This report examines the viability of standalone battery energy storage tariffs in India during 2025. It highlights a significant divergence between aggressive tariff reductions and actual project costs, evaluating associated execution risks, supply chain dependencies, and the need for procurement framework reforms to ensure sector resilience.
Research
18 May 2026

Beyond the illusion of innovative climate finance at scale in Africa: A market-informed blueprint for Kenya's just and resilient climate transition

University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
This report examines why Kenya's climate finance gap persists despite strong institutions, renewable energy leadership and financial inclusion gains. It identifies seven flawed assumptions and recommends a nationally co-ordinated country investment platform to mobilise domestic capital, align incentives and deliver a just and resilient climate transition.
Research
18 May 2026

Built to adapt: Inclusive financial institutions in a changing climate

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
This report explores how inclusive financial institutions can build climate resilience for themselves and their clients. It outlines strategies for risk assessment, innovative risk financing, and adapting product offerings. By adopting a mutually beneficial approach, providers can maintain their social mission while navigating intensifying climate impacts.
Research
24 April 2026

Business models and investments for nature: Full report, 2nd edition

European Commission
This report by the EU Business & Biodiversity Platform presents ten existing finance practices for investing in nature across sectors including forestry, regenerative agriculture, green infrastructure, and urban ecosystems. It explores how financial instruments such as green bonds, blended finance, and sustainability-linked loans can be structured, scaled, and replicated to help close the biodiversity finance gap.
Research
1 April 2026

DBSA: Financial instrument design for an effective carbon market in South Africa

Climate Policy Initiative
The Development Bank of Southern Africa details two proposed financial instruments to support the domestic voluntary carbon market: a carbon credit-backed bond and a repurchase facility. These tools aim to mobilise private capital, address early-stage funding shortages, and improve liquidity for carbon reduction projects.
Research
29 April 2026

Digitalisation and innovation: Opportunities and risks for financial health

Bank for International Settlements
This report examines the impact of digital innovation on financial health. It outlines opportunities in payments, credit, savings, and insurance, whilst highlighting emerging risks such as fraud, overindebtedness, and ill-suited investments. The authors propose policy responses to enhance regulatory frameworks and promote responsible digitalisation in financial services.
Research
28 April 2026

ASCOR Tool

Transition Pathway Initiative
The ASCOR Tool is an investor-led framework for assessing how countries manage the low-carbon transition and the impacts of climate change.
Online tool/database
11 November 2025

Corporate Engagement Guide: Addressing Deforestation in Australia

Australian Conservation Foundation
This corporate engagement guide provides institutional investors with a step-by-step pathway to address deforestation within Australia's largest listed supermarkets and banks. It evaluates the current progress of major companies and offers actionable guidance to implement robust deforestation-free commitments, safeguard financial stability, and mitigate systemic economic risks.
Research
19 May 2026

Tax Incentives in national investment laws: Bridging the gap between tax and investment policy-makers

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
This report analyses how tax incentives are embedded and governed within national investment laws across emerging markets and developing economies. It highlights coordination gaps between investment and tax authorities, the dominance of tax holidays, and the need for stronger anti-cumulation safeguards to prevent unintended revenue losses.
Research
1 April 2026

Cracking the credit code: Alternative data and AI for financial inclusion

Institute of Physics of Cantabria (IFCA)
This report explores how alternative data and artificial intelligence are redefining credit scoring to enhance financial inclusion for women and underserved borrowers. It analyses market trends, evaluates the risks of algorithmic bias, and provides actionable recommendations to scale responsible, inclusive credit access across emerging markets.
Research
5 May 2026

Underwriting the future of resilience: Developing insurable and bankable infrastructure

Aon
This report explores how the insurance industry assesses physical climate risks for new social infrastructure projects. It identifies five key enablers to integrate climate resilience across project lifecycles, advocating for early stakeholder engagement and forward-looking risk assessments to ensure long-term asset insurability, bankability, and value in a changing climate.
Research
25 March 2026

Catalysing partnerships to mobilise infrastructure financing and investment in low- and middle-income countries

This learning note explores how an ecosystem approach to infrastructure financing can mobilise capital in low- and middle-income countries. It highlights the importance of early finance engagement, de-risking mechanisms, and integrated partnerships to transform technically sound projects into commercially viable investments.
Research
3 February 2026

Who is behind the nicotine industry in Europe? Leading players and their financiers

Profundo
This research maps the key players in Europe's nicotine product industry and their financial backers. It examines ten companies, their supply chains, and specific nicotine-related financing. Findings reveal that major tobacco multinationals receive the vast majority of financing, predominantly from North American and European institutions.
Research
13 April 2026

Reforming investment contracts: Why policy - makers must act now — and how

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
This policy brief highlights the urgent need to reform investor–state contracts to support sustainable development. It explores how fragmented frameworks, outdated stabilisation clauses, and tax incentives undermine national laws. The report recommends strengthening interministerial coordination, assessing existing contracts, and developing national model agreements to improve transparency and policy coherence.
Research
20 March 2026
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