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UN climate conferences Sustainable Finance Policy Brief 29. October 2025

The Importance of Finance in a Loss and Damage Status Report

Our policy brief outlines why it is essential to include a Loss and Damage Status Report in the review of the Warsaw International Mechanism – and why it must contain a dedicated finance section.

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Climate finance Sustainable Finance Policy Brief 22. October 2025

Beyond Tripling

This paper unpacks the NCQG commitment to increase disbursements from UNFCCC funds to developing countries. It reviews past trends, explores different interpretations of the targets, and assesses opportunities and challenges for scaling the role of UNFCCC climate funds.

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Climate finance Sustainable Finance Policy Brief 8. October 2025

Bridging Gaps, Facing Limits

In this CFAS Policy Brief, we critically examine the constraints that pose a challenge to private investment in LDCs and SIDS. We also identify pathways to scale meaningful private climate finance that supports the world’s most vulnerable economies.

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Sustainable Finance Policy Brief 7. October 2025

From Sevilla to the Grid

This policy brief shows how the outcomes of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville can help close the financing gap that leaves Africa and other low-income regions far behind in the global energy transition.

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Sustainable Finance Corporate Accountability Policy Brief 26. September 2025

Towards a Balanced Omnibus Proposal

In February 2025, the European Commission launched the so-called Omnibus Initiative to simplify the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). We show that Omnibus fails to achieve its self-declared goal of greater simplification and outline what genuine simplification could like like. We focus on options that also ensure the protection of human rights and environmental standards.