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Carbon markets are essential for achieving climate goals by incentivising emission reductions. However, ensuring the credibility and transparency of transactions is crucial for their success. The fra
According to the World Economic Forum, there is a $4-5 trillion dollar climate financing gap hindering a climate-resilient future, yet financial capacity building is also being hindered by fragmented
The traditional five-category Saffir-Sampson scale for measuring hurricanes may not show the true power of the most destructive storms, scientists claimed in a paper published earlier this month. The...
As the global community grapples with the urgent challenges of climate change, the role of fintech in driving meaningful solutions has never been greater In the quest for solutions to sustainable deve...
Green bonds are a type of financial instrument that is designed to raise funds for environmentally sustainable projects. In recent years, the concept of green bonds has gained a lot of popularity arou...
DeFi is in a state of flux. On the plus side, DeFi protocols have boldly democratised inclusive financial instruments previously only available to the financial elite. But for all the innovation, the...
Green investment firms this is for you. Following on from our recent blog (Can FinTech alleviate global crises?) now is a good time to look more closely at what we can all do to protect ourselves and...
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting [Part IV of a four part blog series] Last year it was reported that the amount of CO2 production that is financed by British banks and asset managers is ne...
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting [Part III of a four part blog series] It was previously seen that the issue of greenwashing in consumer and capital markets was identified more than a deca...
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting [Part II of a four part blog series] In order to gain a better and more in-depth understand of greenwashing, it is helpful to first venture beyond mere de...
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting [Part I of a four part blog series] INTRODUCTION This multi-part series of blogs will introduce readers to the concept of ‘greenwashing’, and it will seek ...
There has been a noticeable shift in understanding within the investment community about finance’s influence in driving sustainable outcomes. Given that the financial markets are hugely impacted by ex...