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Introduction to Climate Change

This section contains resources to help finance professionals, educators and others understand climate change and related topics such as biodiversity and nature loss. It also includes resources that highlight the critical role of finance in scaling solutions to climate change and managing the risks it presents to people, the planet, and the economy. Understanding these fundamental concepts and their relevance to daily professional practice is vital if every professional financial decision is to take account of climate change.

Causes & Impacts

Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are changing the planet’s climate, with the impacts already being felt in many parts of the world. This section contains resources to help finance professionals, educators and others understand the fundamentals of climate change and related topics such as biodiversity.

Mitigation

Interventions that reduce, store or remove greenhouse gas emissions are needed to tackle the root causes of climate change. This section contains resources to help finance professionals, educators and others identify relevant solutions as well as accelerate and scale investment in projects to decarbonize economies.

Adaptation & Resilience

Interventions to strengthen adaptation and resilience are vital to protect people and assets from climate impacts. To date, most climate finance has been focused on mitigation. This section contains resources to help finance professionals, educators and others identify relevant solutions and scale finance for adaptation and resilience interventions.

Just Transition

Tackling climate change creates societal and economic challenges as well as opportunities. This section contains resources to help finance professionals, educators and others develop approaches to climate finance that ensure the benefits of the transition are shared equitably and that no one is left behind.

Climate Finance Ecosystem

Mobilizing finance for climate at the scale required will rely on global and domestic public, private, development, and philanthropic capital, in collaboration with a wide range of organizations and stakeholders. This section contains resources to help finance professionals, educators and others understand and navigate the complex, and evolving, climate finance ecosystem.

Risks & Opportunities: The Business Case

Businesses must navigate the challenges of climate change, but can capitalize on opportunities for innovation and growth. This section contains resources to help finance professionals, educators and others understand climate-related risks and how climate may create opportunities for new and evolving business models.

Causes & Impacts

Mitigation

Adaptation & Resilience

Just Transition

Climate Finance Ecosystem

Risks & Opportunities: The Business Case

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Knowledge Hub

The GCBC Knowledge Hub aims to be a one-stop-shop for climate and climate finance learning materials for financial institutions in emerging markets. It hosts resources developed by some of the world's leading capacity building providers.