We develop legal, policy, and financial frameworks, roadmaps, and tools to shape and regulate climate-aligned investment in renewable energy systems and to phase out and transition away from fossil ...

Public banking of land for private investment appears to have emerged since the 2007–2008 global financial crisis as a common yet under-researched policy mechanism. A snapshot investigation revealed ...

In this week's EU–South Africa summit, the European Commission is launching talks with South Africa on the first-ever Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP). Designing CTIPs to foster ...

CCSI has worked in partnership with the Government of Paraguay in two projects to support the country's efforts to leverage its hydropower for sustainable development (2013) and to decarbonize its ...

Increased investment in agriculture and food systems is critical. When sustainable, such investment supports food security. It helps address climate change and contributes to sustainable development.

Over the past few years, there have been growing academic, political, and social debates about the boundaries of competition and collaboration in markets for non-economic benefits, including efforts ...

The Tribunal - a film created by Malcolm Rogge in partnership with CCSI - tracks the experiences of community members in the Intag Valley in Ecuador who were directly impacted by a potential mining ...

Coffee, one of the world’s most popular beverages, provides livelihoods for at least 60 million people across dozens of countries. Promoting the long-term health, wellbeing, and environmental ...

Andrew Bernstein is an international lawyer whose practice focuses on transactions and disputes for sovereign clients involving extractive industries and financings, as well as international capital ...

The financial system is woefully misaligned with the world’s climate goals. As providers, underwriters, and fiduciaries of trillions of dollars of capital flows annually, financial institutions must ...

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 ...

Wind and solar energy are essential for the world to reach net zero global emissions in accordance with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change targets and to advance the Sustainable Development ...