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ADB calls for innovative financing for ocean health improvement

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At the launch of the publication, Financing the Ocean Back to Health in Southeast Asia: Approaches for Mainstreaming Blue Finance, ADB called for scaling up of finance flows into ocean health improvement and related projects in Asia and the Pacific to combat growing threats from unchecked…

Loan to leverage green recovery and financing approved for Indonesia

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On 16 February, the ADB Board approved a $150 million loan that will hedge a financing facility aimed at accelerating Indonesia’s economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and catalyzing public and private funds to support green and bankable infrastructure projects to help…

Financing Climate-Friendly Cooling at City Scale

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This paper discusses a variety of financing instruments and business models and presents an integrated model for financing city-scale green cooling. The model could help roll out green cooling solutions at a scale large enough to attract investors and to reduce transaction costs through…

Seven Funding Innovations to Boost Climate Finance

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Key Takeaways:

 Countries must urgently step-up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect people and infrastructure from the increasing frequency and intensity of climate change.
 Asia and the Pacific needs innovative solutions and new funding models to meet its large…

Reinvigorating Financing Approaches for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in ASEAN+3

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This report presents a practical toolkit of ways to merge public, private, institutional, and other forms of capital to deliver resilient, sustainable, and future-ready infrastructure in the ASEAN+3 region. It provides companies, investors, and policy makers a range of innovative financing models,…

Green Finance for Asian State-Owned Enterprises: An Opportunity to Accelerate the Green Transition

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The report explores how SOEs can develop and deploy sustainable financial instruments, in particular green bonds, to help finance their green transition. To accelerate the successful adoption of green finance tools in Asia's emerging economies, the publication examines how their SOEs can improve…

Climate Finance Landscape of Asia and the Pacific

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This report assesses climate finance in Asia and the Pacific and analyzes how it can be harnessed by developing member countries to expand climate action and spur low-carbon, resilient growth. Designed to help governments and development partners identify and address barriers, it offers a…

CEFPF Application Goes Online

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Applications to the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility (CEFPF) can now be submitted online. The system will serve as the entry point for direct charges, technical assistance, grant, and concessional funding applications to the Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization Innovation Fund,…

Asia’s clean energy investment needs and the role of blended finance

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Expanding the scale of blended finance in clean energy will require innovative efforts from the international community to reform traditional development finance approaches.