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Sustainable Finance · ESG
#17
overall
Monty Simus
Environmental markets run on trust
Why environmental information is becoming infrastructure
Recent publications
Monty Simus
Biodiversity · Nature
Environmental systems are underfunded. They’re misclassified
Monty Simus
Minerals · Ethical Governance
The energy transition is colliding with jurisdictional reality
Monty Simus
Sustainable Finance · Sustainable Investment
The real risk isn’t political. It’s jurisdictional
Monty Simus
Public Governance · Ethical Governance
When “national security” overrides tribal consultation, governance isn’t failing — jurisdiction is asserting itself
Monty Simus
Biodiversity · Adaptation
Blue finance’s next test isn’t capital — it’s governance
Monty Simus
Nature · Ethical Governance
Catalytic capital isn’t neutral
Monty Simus
Water · Nature
Blue finance is scaling faster than governance
Monty Simus
Climate Change · Ethical Governance
Why blue finance keeps failing — and what that teaches us
Monty Simus
Minorities · Diversity & Inclusion
When protecting nature means taking power away
Monty Simus
Minorities · Diversity & Inclusion
Adaptation finance is failing where it matters most
Monty Simus
Minorities · Human Rights
Authority before analytics: Who owns the ocean’s data — and why it matters for ocean governance
Monty Simus
Water · Nature
Measuring what matters: Data, legitimacy, and the future of ocean governance
Monty Simus
Water · Nature
Global policy, local authority: Why the ocean’s future will be decided beyond the project level
Monty Simus
Water · Nature
Five places, five lessons on ocean stewardship, finance, and power
Monty Simus
Minorities · Diversity & Inclusion
Ocean governance & equity: Why Indigenous leadership must shape the rules of the blue economy
Monty Simus
Minorities · Diversity & Inclusion
Financing with respect: How blue finance can evolve through Indigenous stewardship
Monty Simus
Water · Nature
Re-centering stewardship: Why Indigenous knowledge must anchor the next wave of ocean finance
Monty Simus
Sustainable Finance · Environmental Sustainability
Harnessing blue finance to tackle plastic pollution
Monty Simus
Green Tech · Pollution
The future of ocean cleanup: AI, drones, and technologies you need to know
Monty Simus
Environmental Sustainability · Climate Change
COP29: The real rare earth opportunity in Azerbaijan
Harald Walkate
Sustainable Business · Sustainable Finance
What’s needed to create more bankable projects in least-developed countries
Monty Simus
Climate Change · Environmental Sustainability
COP29: How the world can change its “fossil food” diet and decarbonize agriculture
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