News and Media December 2024

BIOFIN Zambia joins the Securities and Exchange Commission at the launch of CEC Renewables' green bond second tranche launch ceremony

10 Dec 2024

Zambia announces US$ 96.7 Million Green Bond issue to expand renewable energy, leveraging BIOFIN-supported regulatory reforms

10th December 2024 – Lusaka, Zambia Zambia’s Copperbelt Energy Corporation Renewables (CEC Renewables),credited for issuing the country’s first ever Green Bond in 2023 has announced a second tranche valued at US$ 96.7 million. Zambia made history in issuing its first-ever green bond in 2023 valued a...Read more

Botswana

9 Dec 2024

These Innovative Finance Solutions Combat Land Degradation Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss

Today, 40% of the world’s land is degraded, affecting billions of people and with dire consequences for our climate and biodiversity. Land degradation is the process that robs fertile land of its ability to support life . It’s a major cause of biodiversity loss and climate change. The science is inc...Read more

©UNDP Thailand

4 Dec 2024

UNDP, Krungthai Bank, and Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning Join Forces to Promote Investment in Sustainable Bioeconomy in Phetchaburi Province

Bangkok, 4 December 2024 – The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with Krungthai Bank and the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, today, launch the project to advance biodiversity-based and e...Read more