Category Archives for Climate Change
Fair Finance Asia Co-Hosts Side Event Alongside the 10th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
On March 29, 2023, Fair Finance Asia (FFA), Swedwatch, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) Regional Office for South East Asia, and Stockholm Environment Institute…
Press Release: Asian Civil Society Networks Raise Critical Questions and Concerns in New Report About the ADB’s Energy Transition Mechanism
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia and MANILA, Philippines, January 26, 2023 – Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and NGO Forum on ADB (the Forum) have released a new report, “The Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism: Emerging Social,…
Fair Finance Asia and the NGO Forum on ADB Jointly Launch a Report on the Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism
On January 26, 2023, Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and NGO Forum on ADB (the Forum) launched a new report, “The Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism: Emerging Social, Environmental and Rights-Based Considerations.” The report raises…
Fair Finance Asia and Stockholm Environment Institute jointly launch Financing the Just Energy Transition in Asia
FFA-SEI’s report, "Financing the Just Transition: Powering Asia’s Sustainable Energy Future,” (research partners: Profundo and Strategia Development Research Institute) provides new data on Asia’s readiness not only to shift from fossil fuels to renewables, but…
UPCOMING EVENT: C20 2022 TAXATION AND SUSTAINABLE WORKING GROUP SESSION, “THE ROLES OF G20 AND THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND JUST ENERGY TRANSITION”
A roundtable discussion with stakeholders from the C20 working groups, civil society organizations, and academia will be held on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 11:00-13:00 Bali Time (GMT+8) at Sawangan 4 Room, Hilton Hotel, Bali,…
Aligning sustainability goals through the new Philippines sustainable finance guiding principles
Last October 2021, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSPs) launched the Philippine Sustainable Finance Guiding Principles, another formative document for the country’s budding sustainable finance movement. The principles, a guidepost for sustainable economic activities in…
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE TAXONOMY: A GUIDEBOOK FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
One of the policy initiatives to accelerate action towards the Paris Agreement or the UN Sustainable Development Goals is through the development of a taxonomy that clearly defines what contributing activities, projects, or companies need…
