Funding a fair and sustainable future
Our research examines finance for adaptation, mitigation and loss and damage, highlighting how the public and private sectors must develop to enable finance to flow for a just transition. We explore the Global North’s responsibility for addressing gaps in climate finance, as well as the disproportionate toll climate change and unsustainable debt has on the Global South.
Latest research
Jan 2026
Jan 2026
Asset managers feeling the heat on climate from pension funds
Momentum is building among pension funds to hold asset managers more responsible for the sustainability of decisions they make on investing pension assets.
Nov 2025
Natural capital is a high-return investment in resilience
Multi-sector evidence shows that investing in natural capital – the world’s stock of natural assets and ecosystem services that support economies and human well-being – delivers strong, measurable economic value.
Nov 2025
Reforming Climate Finance: Adaptation Finance in Africa
There is an urgent need for adaptation funding, particularly in Africa. In meeting this, public funds must remain the backbone of climate resilience efforts.
Nov 2025
Australia’s climate finance to Southeast Asia lags behind China
China has provided ten times more climate finance to Southeast Asia than Australia, underscoring Beijing’s growing influence in the run-up to COP30.
Pragmatism vs principle: Carbon markets as a response to the EU’s CBAM
Despite igniting debate, CBAM has prompted some countries to develop domestic carbon markets to reduce CBAM costs and keep revenues within their borders.
