Investment contracts are agreements between an investor and a host state that set the terms of an investment project. Together with applicable national and international law, these contracts define the way risks, costs and benefits are distributed.

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Author(s): IIED
Saturday, Mar 09 2013

This presentation represent work done for two large US-based foundations seeking to invest in sustainable natural resource investment opportunities aligned with their programmatic objectives. The presentation focuses on representative land and freshwater conservation opportunities.

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Author(s): Imprint Capital Advisors
Friday, Mar 1st 2013

This report addresses how and why natural resource and environmental risks are becoming financially material for sovereign credit risk, not just in the medium term, but even in the short run. The E-RISC methodology focuses on the development of metrics and methods for quantifying natural resource and environmental risks so they can be incorporated into sovereign credit risk assessments.

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Author(s): UNEP Finance Initiative & Global Footprint Network
Monday, Dec 3 2012

This publication signals that conservation can build on the success of experienced institutions and programs to seek the public-private partnerships necessary to mobilize more funding and citizen action for biodiversity conservation. The experiences reviewed recognize the role of civil society and private sector.

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Author(s): The World Bank
Friday, Oct 19 2012

The Little Forest Finance Book’s overarching aim is to catalyse an increase in the finance flowing towards forest-friendly development. It is a reference for decision makers and project stakeholders within governments, NGOs, the private sector, and forest communities who want to understand where forest finance can be raised, how it can best be managed, and the types of activities that it enables.

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Author(s): Nick Oakes, Matt Leggett, Matthew Cranford and Harry Vickers
Thursday, Oct 18 2012

This publication argues that, far from being an intractable problem, sustainable ocean management could become a successful legacy of today’s generation of decision-makers. It shows how the challenges facing the ocean stem from widely understood market and policy failures.

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Author(s): UNDP and GEF
Sunday, Sep 09 2012

This report argues that change needs to be created and owned by those in the system and those who are resposible for the system. Interventions need to be carefully judged, and require both a systemic and collaborative approach.

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Author(s): The Centre for Tomorrow\'s Company
Wednesday, Jul 11 2012

A group of conservationinsts, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems — an approach that may work for other large-scale social projects as well.

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Author(s): Larry Linden, Steve McCormick, Ivan Barkhorn, Roger Ullman, Guillermo Castilleja, Dan Winterson, & Lee Green
Sunday, Jul 1st 2012

Este estudio regional hace un análisis de las tendencias del sector y ofrece un panorama del avance en la gestión de la sostenibilidad del sector financiero latinoamericano, con un énfasis en temas ambientales.

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Author(s): UNEP FI y Felaban
Saturday, Jun 30 2012

Developed by the UN Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative, the Principles are a framework for the global insurance industry to address environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities.

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Author(s): United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
Saturday, Jun 30 2012

This paper highlights how thinking that underpins sustainable finance and responsible investment can inform the financial stability debate. The paper urges financial policy-makers to integrate measures that promote the values of transparency, accountability, responsibility and trust as they seek to formulate policies that deliver resilient financial system to support globalized markets.

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Author(s): Paul Clements-Hunt, The Blended Capital Group
Monday, Jun 18 2012

This publication highlights the results and lessons learned in the past 20 years of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme and reflects on the contributions of communities to sustainable development.

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Author(s): GEF and UNDP
Tuesday, Jun 12 2012

By gathering compelling evidence about the impact of its efforts and the complex interrelationships of conservation, development, land use, and climate change, the GEF positions itself to catalyze far-reaching changes in the actions of both individuals and governments. This report illustrates how far the GEF has come over the past 20 years, and how far it still may go.

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Author(s): GEF - Global Environment Facility
Thursday, May 31 2012

This issue brief describes analyses in support of emerging payments for watershed services programs in two major watersheds in Maine and North Carolina and insights gleaned from work in progress.

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Author(s): John Talberth, Erin Gray, Evan Branosky and Todd Gartner
Wednesday, Feb 1st 2012

This report is intended as a resource for policy makers in developing countries to make informed policy decisions about the 'whether', 'when' and 'how' of FITs and to support nationally appropriate policy measures to scale up renewable energy.

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Author(s): Wilson Rickerson
Wednesday, Jan 18 2012