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    F4B
    • Jul 15
    • 4 min

    Majority of $17.2 Trillion Covid Stimulus Packages “Doing More Harm Than Good” to Environment

    Final edition of ‘Greenness of Stimulus Index’ (GSI) concludes that only 10.6% of Covid-19 stimulus funding from major economies will...
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    Central banks and financial supervisors need to act on nature-related risk, warns new WWF report
    F4B
    • Jul 14
    • 4 min

    Central banks and financial supervisors need to act on nature-related risk, warns new WWF report

    A new report highlights the urgency for central banks and financial supervisors to act on the risk of unprecedented nature loss. With...
    148 views
    Build natural capital into Covid-19 relief packages
    F4B
    • Mar 31
    • 3 min

    Build natural capital into Covid-19 relief packages

    A 'green lens' must be applied to the Covid-19 relief offered by governments and international bodies such as the International Monetary...
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    F4B
    • Feb 26
    • 1 min

    Follow the Money

    Simon Zadek has started a monthly column for Environmental Finance. In his first column he outlines a five-point proposal for aligning...
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    F4B
    • Feb 12
    • 3 min

    Global Covid-19 stimulus continues to damage environment – but US could catalyse greener recovery

    Our 5th Greenness of Stimulus Index is released today. It shows that Global Covid-19 stimulus measures are continuing to have a net...
    1,290 views
    F4B
    • Jan 11
    • 1 min

    Vivid Economics

    Vivid Economics is a strategic economics consultancy spanning public policy and support for commercial decision making with a broad,...
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    F4B
    • Jan 3
    • 1 min

    MAVA Foundation

    ​ The MAVA Foundation is based in Switzerland and focuses on the environment with a mission to conserve biodiversity for the benefit of...
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    F4B
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    GSI in the media: Few major economies investing in nature-friendly COVID-19 recovery, index finds

    Reuters Megan Rowling Governments have made little progress on greening COVID-19 stimulus packages, with spending in only seven of 25...
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    F4B
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    New Greenness of Stimulus Report

    The 4th edition of the Greenness of Stimulus Index is published today. Latest index shows Australia, Canada, India, South Africa and the...
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    F4B
    • Nov 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    GSI features in Climate Transparency Report

    The Climate Transparency Report is an annual review of G20 countries’ climate action and their transition to a net-zero emissions...
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    F4B
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    GSI in the media roundup

    October Environmental Finance - Environmental Finance - Bailout funding should have environmental strings attached IMF Fiscal Monitor -...
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    F4B
    • Oct 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    New Greenness of Stimulus Index Report: Nature’s role in preventing pandemics neglected in US$12.7 t

    The latest GSI report shows that economic rescue and recovery funds worldwide have failed to tackle natural world destruction. F4B and...
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    F4B
    • Oct 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    IMF uses green stimulus methodology

    F4B's Green Stimulus Index methodology which measures the greenness of country's fiscal response to the crisis, developed with Vivid...
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    F4B
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    G20 leaders take first steps to deliver a green economic recovery from COVID-19 lockdown

    The European Union as a whole and Germany and France in particular have taken the first big steps among G20 leading economies towards a...
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    F4B
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    GSI in the media: Few countries living up to Covid 'green recovery' pledges

    GSI features in The Guardian: Few countries are living up to their promises of a “green recovery” from the coronavirus crisis, with...
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    F4B
    • Aug 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    Green Stimulus Index

    The latest version of the Green Stimulus Index, produced in cooperation with F4B and Vivid Economics, has been released. This update of...
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