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Understanding Climate Finance

Understanding Climate Finance

Written by: Faheem Noor Ali
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Climate Finance is finally getting the spotlight that it deserves on the global stage as a method to combat climate change.  But what is climate finance?  Is it really helping?

My name is Faheem Noor Ali and I am exploring the intersection of climate and capitalism to see how we can invest in climate while not treating it as a charitable expense, but as a reality to which we need to respond.  

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Episodes
  • Blended Finance as a powerful tool in Development Finance

    Blended Finance as a powerful tool in Development Finance
    Sep 14 2023

    Development Finance has always needed to evolve with the needs of the time, but where is it succeeding or failing?  I am joined by Dalburg’s Kusi Hornberger, author of Scaling Impact and Convergence CEO Joan Larrea to talk about how Development Finance can play a better role in driving impact and how blended finance, in particular, can be a useful tool in getting more projects financed in the developing world.
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    49 mins
  • IDB Invest’s Energy Chief talks about opportunities in Latin America and Carribean

    IDB Invest’s Energy Chief talks about opportunities in Latin America and Carribean
    May 30 2023

    Elizabeth Robberechts, Chief of Energy and Infrastructure at IDB Invest, joins the podcast this week to talk about how they look at investments and investment opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean.  She shares how the Inter American Bank’s investment arm is prioritizing climate finance in the region, including investment into climate adaptation, and key sectors and geographies where they would like to invest in going forward.


     

     
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    44 mins
  • How can Web3 and Regenerative Economics fight climate change?

    How can Web3 and Regenerative Economics fight climate change?
    Feb 17 2023

    The concepts of Web3 and Regenerative Economics is new to many of us, but both can play a key role in addressing climate change.  Anna Lerner, CEO of the Climate Collective, shares how digital technologies will play a transformative role to unlock climate action at scale.
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    30 mins
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