Climate finance, carbon markets, food, planes, wildlife...not always in that order. Sr Advisor @climatepolicy, Sr Fellow @ArshtRock, @IFC_org alum
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Joined January 2009
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📰 CPI is thrilled that @climatefacility has announced its first class of 6 market-ready blended finance vehicles!
🤝 The CC Facility is a partnership between CPI and @ConvergenceBF.
Learn more: ow.ly/qBvF50QeERB
Looking forward to this. For good reason, blended finance is the talk of the world to save the world. But is it fully fit for purpose? Join the conversation…
🌍 CPI's Senior Advisor @VWidge will join @IFC_org and the Government of Finland for a workshop at #Innovate4Climate on the lessons of experience in blended finance for climate impact.
Register for the livestream: registration.innovate4climat…
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CPI's @VWidge spoke to @EnergyMonitorAI about how debt-for-climate swaps can generate finance for #ClimateAction. Check out the article 👇
The @IIED estimates debt-for-climate swaps could generate more than $100bn for environmental action in the Global South. A spate of recent deals indicates the financial instrument is starting to catch on, reports @OllieGordon88. bit.ly/3kzUrvu
Come and listen to all their pitches on the Lab’s Demo Day on Oct 19 at 10a ET. @bbuchner13 and I will be moderating. Register at climatefinancelab.org/news/d… #ClimateFinance #ClimateSmart
We are thrilled to announce that all seven climate finance instruments that have been through our acceleration program in 2022 are now endorsed. Combined, they seek over USD 1 billion from investors for climate action in emerging markets ➡️ bit.ly/2022LabEndorsementPR
Halting new coal power plants and decommissioning existing plants is critical for the planet + it’s important for energy independence, price stability, and well-being. @jmcurtin of @RockefellerFdn lays it out in this short, insightful oped. nytimes.com/2022/10/06/opini… – at Washington, DC
👍🏽 as heat is a silent killer. No doubt stats soon from another “historic” #heatwave in Europe, like in India. As @KBMcLeodFLA said elsewhere…we wouldn’t expect pizza delivery in a named Cat 3 hurricane, but we expect people to keep working outside in #extremeheat. #NameTheWave
#NameTheWave starts today in #Seville! Thank you @antoniomunozsev & @Ayto_Sevilla for your partnership w/ @ArshtRock & for your leadership in protecting people from #extremeheat! Today is DAY ONE for Naming & categorizing heatwaves ♨️♨️♨️with @PrometeoSevilla👏👏
Just 2 weeks left to submit ideas to The Lab’s 2022 cycle! Innovative financial solutions can unlock investment to tackle some of the most difficult #climate & #sustainabledevelopment challenges. Deadline is Dec 22 at 1700h PST. #climatefinance #greenfinance #SustainableFinance
The Lab is looking for innovative finance solutions that can unlock investment for a net zero economy transition. Selected ideas will receive guidance, analysis, stress-testing, and development by experts and access to a network of high-level investors.
climatefinancelab.org/call-f…
It is that time of year again! Come join us and see how this new cohort plans to help accelerate the transition to a #NetZero economy. @climatepolicy @climatefinlab #ClimateAction #ClimateFinance
You are invited!
We are hosting the 2021 Demo Day on 20 Oct to present our groundbreaking #ClimateFinance ideas to funders and investors.
Register today and save the date: bit.ly/3kIwT4N
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Voluntary #CarbonMarkets are growing quickly. CPI's Senior Advisor @VWidge explains what's needed to scale supply and demand with integrity in his latest blog. Readers are in for a treat: climatepolicyinitiative.org/…
@Enviro_Finance @wearevcmi
#voluntarycarbonmarkets #TSVCM
Bravo @jeffgoodell for once again calling it as it is. I believe we are.
Some thoughts about our summer from hell.
"If this is what it means to 'wake up' to the risks of the climate crisis, then we are truly f*cked." rollingstone.com/politics/po…
Vikram Widge retweeted
Excellent insights in this article by our Advisor @VWidge 👍
Definitely a “must read” !
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow #SDGs #ESG #Sustainable #finance
environmental-finance.com/co…
@helene_wpli @climatepolicy @CurtisSChin @ClimateBonds @UNFCCC @focglobal @TNFD_ @Refinitiv
Vikram Widge retweeted
Delighted about all the positive response to the @VWidge article in @Enviro_Finance on voluntary #carbonmarkets, so wanted to share again, and feature its fun (and hopefully useful!) infographic.
Link: environmental-finance.com/co…
How do voluntary #carbonmarkets work, and how are they a bit like ice cream? @climatepolicy's @VWidge explains in @Enviro_Finance ow.ly/8VCF50FYQ8w
Vikram Widge retweeted
How do voluntary #carbonmarkets work, and how are they a bit like ice cream? @climatepolicy's @VWidge explains in @Enviro_Finance ow.ly/8VCF50FYQ8w
Vikram Widge retweeted
Delighted about all the positive response to the @VWidge article in @Enviro_Finance on voluntary #carbonmarkets, so wanted to share again, and feature its fun (and hopefully useful!) infographic
environmental-finance.com/co…
Vikram Widge retweeted
CPI's @VWidge featured in today's @Enviro_Finance with piece on important market guidance for #voluntarycarbonmarkets -- trust us, you'll eat it up…
"Delicious and abundant: yes, we're talking about voluntary carbon markets" environmental-finance.com/co…
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I just got a copy of the embargoed IPCC Summary for Policymakers. I hate to break the embargo, but this is too important to wait. Here it is, the entire SPM. Surprisingly, it's just one paragraph long.
Well articulated by @KBMcLeodFLA. Bears repeating that impacts of extreme heat - like we’re seeing more often and in more places - on the vulnerable, infrastructure, and economy cannot be overstated. More cities need to get ahead of it to manage it better. #HeatSeason @ArshtRock
"By loosely equating heat with summer, we have unwittingly hampered our ability to address the risks that a worsening climate poses to our social fabric, economies, and environments," @KBMcLeodFLA writes: on.theatln.tc/Ak7Ojih
“Climate scientists have said these patterns could become the new normal…” And the same is happening in Europe and beyond. Impacts on the vulnerable, infrastructure, and the economy cannot be overstated. #HeatSeason #ClimateChange @ArshtRock on.ft.com/35TpgAw
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Our senior advisor @VWidge highlights the potential of #DebtforClimateSwaps to fund the energy transition in emerging economies in the latest article by @LeighElston for @EnergyMonitorAI.
Article at bit.ly/3uA1p2M
CPI blueprint: bit.ly/3wjfG57
Want to know what a debt-for-climate swap is? #IMF and @WorldBank are working on a proposal ahead of #COP26. @LeighElston explains how it could work and with what impact: bit.ly/3f47hN9 via @energymonitorai @Oxfam @IIED @GDP_Center @boell_stiftung @CSF_SOAS @IGSD_DC
This may well be the day we look back in a decade and reconfirm that it truly was the beginning of the end for oil and gas. ft.com/content/fa9946b9-371b…