{"id":1091,"date":"2022-09-14T16:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2022-09-14T16:01:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:01:37","slug":"global-conservationists-to-partner-with-african-banks-to-combat-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2022\/09\/14\/global-conservationists-to-partner-with-african-banks-to-combat-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Global conservationists to partner with African banks to combat climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0071-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0071-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0071-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0071-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0071-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0071-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0071.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Karangwa,\u00a0Kenya Country Representative at the\u00a0International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Maximilla Wafula <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global conservationists on Wednesday said that it will partner with African banks in order to combat climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Karangwa,&nbsp;Kenya Country Representative and Regional Head of Land Systems Africa&nbsp;at the&nbsp;International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) told a banking forum in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya that banks play a critical role in determining how finance is used to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIUCN will continue to explore opportunities to work with banks and other financial institutions to deploy various instruments including green and &nbsp;&nbsp;resilience bonds for the benefit of local communities,\u201d Karangwa said during the KBA Banking Research Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karangwa added that IUCN will contribute to creating awareness and building capacity of the banking sector on sustainable financing principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that IUCN has already supported the development and implementation of \u00a0nature-based solutions \u00a0as well as climate related risk management for banking sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0074-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0074-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0074-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0074-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0074-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220914-WA0074.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that in recent years, extreme weather phenomena such as rising temperatures and the increasing frequency of droughts and floods are affecting lives and livelihoods in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He observed that banks have incentives to promote use of sustainable finance given that natural disasters affect infrastructure and other investments funded by banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe financial sector in delivering a net zero biodiversity loss can help reduce and manage natural disasters and related impacts to investments,\u201d Karangwa added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Karangwa,\u00a0Kenya Country Representative at the\u00a0International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) by Maximilla 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