Blended finance has the potential to help close the sustainable development financing gap. Strategically combining public and philanthropic capital to unlock private investment, it has proven to be an ...

Sara Saloum supports the Center’s research on land, agriculture, and food systems. She holds two bachelor’s degrees through the Dual BA Program between Sciences Po Paris and Columbia University: a BA ...

CCSI’s Ana Maria Camelo Vega joins a panel for a timely discussion on how insurance can drive sustainable development by protecting against disaster risk, enabling investment, and scaling capital in ...

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Join Lisa Sachs and a panel of experts from NatureFinance, the Insurance Development Forum, and ICS to discuss how sustainability-linked re/insurance solutions can unlock new pathways for climate ...

This Perspective discusses the increasing number and size of large-scale farmland acquisitions in Africa by foreign investors over the past five years, including the opportunities and risks created by ...

While emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) represent the highest growth potential in the global economy, they face the highest cost of capital, resulting in high borrowing costs and low ...

Blended finance has gained significant recognition as a tool to mobilize private capital for sustainable development, particularly in EMDEs. When well-structured, it can help mitigate risk, attract ...

Lisa Sachs is the Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint Center of Columbia Climate School and Columbia Law School; Associate Professor of Professional Practice at ...