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Quarterly investment report: Large-scale renewable generation and storage Q1 2025
1. Identify key investment statistics. 2. Outline project pipeline and technology trends. 3. Summarise future capacity requirements. 4. Ensure Australian English and word count compliance.
This Clean Energy Council report highlights a strong first quarter for energy storage in 2025, with $2.4 billion in new investment commitments. Generation projects experienced a slower start, contributing 386 MW. The analysis details project pipelines, cost trends, and the accelerated deployment required to meet Australia’s renewable energy targets.
This Clean Energy Council report highlights a strong first quarter for energy storage in 2025, with $2.4 billion in new investment commitments. Generation projects experienced a slower start, contributing 386 MW. The analysis details project pipelines, cost trends, and the accelerated deployment required to meet Australia’s renewable energy targets.
Quarterly investment report: Large-scale renewable generation and storage Q4 2025
This report analyses Australia's large-scale renewable energy sector in Q4 2025, detailing a significant investment rebound. It highlights record-breaking commissioning outcomes for generation and storage projects. Despite strong quarterly performance, annual investment totals remain below 2024 levels, with the report identifying ongoing planning and infrastructure challenges as key hurdles.
A protein transition for Thai meat producers: A win-win for Thailand’s climate goals and the companies’ net profits and value
This report analyses the business case for transitioning four major Thai meat producers to plant-based proteins. It demonstrates that a 100% transition by 2050 could reduce emissions by 73%, save 8,375 square kilometres of land and increase net profits by 65% compared to traditional animal-based production models.
Climate Adaptation Investment Framework
The Climate Adaptation Investment Framework identifies six building blocks to help governments mobilise public and private finance for climate resilience. It addresses the gap between tens of billions in current flows and the hundreds of billions needed annually, offering guidance on regulation, strategic planning, and sustainable finance tools.
Trade finance: How volatile financial conditions influence its availability and impact trade levels
This joint report by the IFC and WTO explores how global financial volatility constrains trade finance availability, particularly in emerging markets. Utilising ICC data, the study demonstrates that increased uncertainty and lower financial development hinder trade growth. It advocates for policy responses to enhance shock resilience in developing economies.
Nature-related financial risks and central bank risk management
This research examines how nature-related risks affect the financial system and central bank risk management. It provides empirical evidence of biodiversity risk pricing in Eurozone corporate bonds and proposes a four-stage framework—identification, assessment, mitigation, and disclosure—to help central banks protect their balance sheets and maintain financial stability.
Nature at risk: Implications for the euro area economy and financial stability
This report assesses euro area economic and financial risks from ecosystem degradation. Using the Nature Value-at-Risk framework, it identifies water-related risks as most material, with surface-water scarcity potentially exposing 24% of output. The findings highlight significant feedback loops and the urgent need for bank nature-related stress tests.
Nature stress test: Assessing exposure of five African banking systems
This report evaluates nature-related financial risks for banking systems in Ghana, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda, and Zambia. It demonstrates that an orderly transition to nature-positive practices significantly reduces profit and credit losses. Key sectors like agriculture and mining are most vulnerable, requiring coordinated regulatory and financial action.
Living in a world of disappearing nature: Physical risk and the implications for financial stability
This European Central Bank report analyses the financial stability risks of biodiversity loss in the euro area. It reveals that 75% of corporate loans are highly nature-dependent. Under adverse scenarios, potential bank losses from ecosystem degradation could nearly triple compared to sustainability-aligned pathways.
Nature-related financial risks: A conceptual framework to guide action by central banks and supervisors
This NGFS report provides a conceptual framework for central banks and supervisors to assess nature-related financial risks. It defines physical and transition risks and outlines a three-phase approach for risk identification, economic assessment, and financial system impact. Illustrative cases on the Amazon and Colorado River demonstrate the framework’s application.
Spillover effects: The fossil fuel–debt trap in the Global South
This research explores the "fossil fuel–debt trap" in the Global South, analysing how sovereign debt and fossil fuel dependence reinforce each other across Colombia, Egypt, Guyana, Jordan, and Sri Lanka. It identifies structural barriers to energy transitions and proposes reforms, including debt cancellation and grant-based climate finance.
Dutch financing of US LNG exports to the Netherlands: A case study for the Dutch Fair Finance Guide
Dutch banks provided USD 58.8 billion for US LNG exports between 2017 and 2025, with ING Group accounting for 63 per cent. Institutional investors held USD 9.9 billion by April 2026. The research highlights significant misalignment between financial flows and global climate targets despite some divestment trends.
Investments by European truck manufacturers into zero-emission technologies
This report analyses investment behaviours of five major European truck manufacturers between 2019 and 2025. It reveals that companies prioritised shareholder returns, paying out 66% of net profits, over zero-emission research. Significant transparency gaps exist, with public announcements representing only 42% of actual reported research and development expenditure.
Fair Finance Nigeria’s policy assessment: How four banks in Nigeria are responding to global ESG compliance standards
This research assesses the ESG compliance of Access Bank, Standard Chartered, UBA, and Zenith Bank using the 2025 Fair Finance Guide Methodology. It reveals a low average performance score of 1.7/10, noting that while banks satisfy domestic regulatory requirements, significant gaps remain in climate action and tax transparency.
How DFI private capital mobilisation can support local capital market development in Africa
This report examines how development finance institutions (DFIs) can mobilise private capital to strengthen African local capital markets. It details six key interventions, including anchoring issuances and technical assistance. It further provides a country classification framework to help DFIs prioritise engagement in markets with the greatest potential for scale.
Enabler accountability: Assessing measures taken against professionals implicated in cases of illicit financial flows from Africa
This research examines the accountability of professional enablers involved in illicit financial flows from Africa. Findings reveal a substantial accountability gap, with successful criminal outcomes in only 2% of observations. The report highlights regulatory loopholes and recommends systemic prioritisation of enabler investigations by enforcement agencies and supervisors.