The February edition of the Adaptation Brief includes an in-depth look at how one investment fund is using concessional finance to catalyse nature-based adaptation initiatives that deliver real economic returns. The Adaptation Investment Ledger: Making Rewilding Pay Spain | Iberian Highlands A €13,000 loan from Rewilding Europe Capital enabled La Maleza Wildlife Park to launch nature-based tourism linked to ecological restoration and wildfire risk reduction.  The result? 

Fragile and conflict-affected states sit at the frontline of  ClimateRisk , yet continue to receive some of the lowest levels of AdaptationFinance  globally. Our latest article, ‘Beyond Emergency Aid: Climate Adaptation Funding in Fragile States’, explores why the financing system still struggles to respond at scale.  Today, short-term emergency aid dominates, but this is not designed to support the long-term resilience initiatives these countries urgently need.  Key challeng

We recently shared insights from our Investor Roundtable on the Future of Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs) – a conversation that highlighted the need to address the challenges preventing SLBs from realising their potential to mobilise private capital for climate and nature-positive outcomes.  If you missed it, visit the link .  Today, we’re sharing some research that adds a layer of analysis to our roundtable findings.  Our ‘SLB Research Deck’, produced in partnership with

With COP30 now underway, the global community is once again turning its attention to how to finance the transition to a sustainable and resilient future. Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) have emerged as one of several innovative instruments seeking to mobilise private capital while embedding accountability for climate and sustainability outcomes. Strengthening the SLB market is an important step towards unlocking finance at scale and ensuring that climate commitments transl

Rupesh Madlani, BwB CEO   Ede Borbely, BwB Vice President   The Problem: Wasting Surplus Renewable Energy     As nations around the world...

BwB is proud to share a newly conducted analysis that makes the case for why European cities should invest in secure and resilient...

Co-authored by  Rupesh Madlani (CEO)     Ryan McManus  (Vice President),   Àlvar Gener   (Associate) at  BwB  and  Thomas Osdoba...

Christine Zhou, BwB Executive Director     The global fight against climate change is at a pivotal juncture, with recent geopolitical...

Prompted by various discussions during Women’s History Month in March, including a  ‘Breaking down the ‘S’ in ESG’ panel discussion  at...

As part of BwB’s work on the DesirMED project, Heather Matson and Nuno Meira . have been looking at how 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 could be used...

Shriya Samarth, BwB Senior Advisor   Capital markets around the world have spent the past few months carefully reacting to a lot of...

Africa’s abundant and diverse natural resources make it uniquely positioned to be a global leader in green business and finance. But how...

Investment in climate change initiatives has surged over the past two decades, but most funding targets mitigation—reducing carbon...

Could finance be harnessed to meaningfully scale up decarbonisation in the built environment? BwB is delighted to launch our latest...

What should small and middle-sized cities do when faced with the dilemma of financing for resilience? What’s the role of capital...

The latest EIB – EU Commission report, coauthored by BwB, Trinomics and IUCN, has been published on June 8th, 2023, during the Network...

For generations, widespread prevalence of economic and social barriers has inhibited the empowerment and economic inclusion of women in...

How can finance and policy best support the growth and development of Sustainable Food Systems? What is the role of financial innovation?...

Performance metrics are becoming an increasingly important component in strategies to incorporate nature and climate considerations into...

BwB are pleased to share their latest thought piece on the importance of considering how biodiversity is included when financing...