On September 14, the Scale for Resilience virtual launch event for Latin America was held. More than 100 participants attended the introduction to the initiative and learned about the current state of inclusive finance for adaptation,. This launch was attended by interesting guests and panelists such as: Gonzalo Muñoz, COP ...

„Green Finance“, „Sustainable Finance“ or even „Climate Finance” are becoming ever more prominent in current discussions in the financial sector globally. Still, only few unified taxonomies exist that allow us to grasp the idea comprehensively and to provide a shared and accepted basis for further exploration. Climate risk management methodologies ...

Great news for YAPU customers in Ecuador: After Guatemala, Ecuador will be the second country for which complete risk maps at the country-level are now available. This allows for the first time the measurement of four climatic events in the agricultural risk management analyses in continental Ecuador: Drought Storms Floods ...

On June 29, the Microfinance for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (MEbA) Project won the new annual UNEP Kipepeo Award. This award recognizes teams and projects demonstrating exceptional efforts and performance to achieve UNEP’s goals. The MEbA Initiative won the Kipepeo award in the category “environmental impact” being selected from overall 55 nominations. ...