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Funding Credible And Bankable Transition Finance After COP28

Following the conclusion of COP 28 last year, OIC financial institutions should now focus on how the final declaration points towards key risks and opportunities arising from climate transition risks, as well as the role they can play within the energy transition. One of the most important elements of financial institutions’ strategies across OIC countries will be the role of transition finance.

This has been a hotly debated issue, all but overlooked by binary green/not-green taxonomies. For emerging markets & developing economies it is a critical piece of amassing enough funding to be able to transform economies in a way that will over time promote economic growth while reducing emissions along science-based pathways.

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Climate and nature will be integrated into banking supervision in OIC markets faster than most banks expect

WWF have released their latest update to their evaluation of central bank and financial supervisors’ policy responses on sustainability, climate and nature issues. Among the six OIC countries covered (Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and the UAE), there was wide variability in the ways that sustainability, climate and nature risks are being addressed. Policy responses among OIC countries and across the 47 countries covered showed no correlation with countries’ income levels.

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