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The listed private markets firm is 'excited' about possible realisations in its climate portfolio as it aims to finish fundraising for Rise Climate II and the Global South Initiative by year's end.

The new impact fund, managed by Sonen Capital and Fondo de Fondos, will make direct investments as well as investments in regional fund managers and secondary transactions.

Impact investing offers resilience against geopolitical, macroeconomic and environmental shocks, writes GIIN CEO Amit Bouri.

Unnithan spent 15 years at the firm, which is the 44th largest manager of impact capital.

Closing the climate funding gap will require a more coordinated approach between investors, engineering partners, corporates and policymakers, writes David Cooper, head of infrastructure debt at IFM Investors.

AiDASH uses satellite technology to help utilities companies manage interruption to their power lines caused by vegetation.

Fundraising from US institutions has undoubtedly become harder, but many are still committed and capital deployment remains resilient, according to panellists on NPM's live webcast.

The renewable energy investment firm could close its seventh climate infrastructure fund at more than twice the size of its predecessor in autumn next year, says CEO Peter Davidson.

The Brazilian investment bank currently relies on concessionary investors to ensure steady fundraising, but it sees DFIs as a temporary, not permanent, part of its LP base.

Energy security and cost competitiveness, rather than climate policy, are now driving growth in clean energy, write Laura Tyson of the Haas School of Business and Daniel Weiss of Angeleno Group.