Iftekhar Ahmed

Golden sunshine, vibrant autumn, and the brightest minds bringing campus to life. What a day to be here! ☀️🍂🎓
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@NCLBusiness
#WeAreNCL

Proud moment for our staffs and students at @newcastleuni.bsky.social.

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#WeAreNCL #THEUniRankings

Thrilled to share that I have been awarded the Three Cairns Fellowship to attend the Environmental Data Science Certificate Program at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE), Yale University! 🌱

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#SustainableFinance #EnvironmentalDataScience #ClimateFinance #DataDrivenImpact #Biodiversity

Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling climate change, scientists warn CO₂ stored underground will be at risk of leaking back into the atmosphere, study finds

#Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling #climatechange, scientists warn www.ft.com/content/7ace... via @ft

Thrilled to have been invited as a Panelist Speaker at the International Conference for Accounting Educators (ICAE) 2025, held in conjunction with the 28th Accounting National Symposium Tadulako 2025 at Universitas Tadulako, Palu, Indonesia. Speaking tomorrow.
#GreenFinance #SDGs

This sounds very interesting. Looking forward to learning more.

✨It was a pleasure visiting #MOMODa Foundation recently. Thank you for the kind invitation and the engaging discussion on potential collaboration in research, analytics, and capacity building.
#ClimateFinance #ClimateAction #ResearchImpact #ActionResearch #ResearchVisit #SDGs

Grateful to Prof. Suborna Barua (UnivofDhaka) for the kind invite—his works in #greenfinance is inspiring.

Later, visited Univ of Asia Pacific & meeting the Biz School Dean Prof. Baqui Khalily, a pioneer whose work in #microfinance has shaped policy & practice nationwide

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🌟 Glad to see the final piece out! It’s been a privilege to serve as a #LeadAuthor for Chapter 6—Finance Options for the Interlinkage as part of this major IPBES assessment.

🌱 Looking forward to seeing how this work supports policy, practice and future research.

#ClimateFinance #NexusAssessment

Great visit to the Dept. of Econ, @UnivofDhaka—honoured to meet Prof Atonu Rabbani, whose work on #microfinance I’ve long admired.

We discussed my research plans in 🇧🇩, shared interests & exciting paths for collaboration.

#SustainableFinance #ClimateFinance #FinTech #AIforClimate #Bangladesh #SDGs

📣 Just out!

@FAO.org has released the most detailed report ever on the state of marine fish stocks!

The data shows that some of the world’s fisheries are recovering thanks to effective, science-based management.

👉 bit.ly/4l0LV28

#UNOC3 #BlueTransformation

🌏 Highlight of my research visit to #Bangladesh: visiting #GrameenBank —Nobel Prize-winning pioneer in #microfinance —and meeting its MD, Mr. Sarder Akhter Hamed.

💬 We discussed how #AlternativeFinance can drive #inclusive, #nature-positive, and #sustainable futures.

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China’s President Xi Jinping committed the world’s top polluter to more stringent curbs on greenhouse gas #emissions in global #climate talks that took place without the US
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UK aid budget cuts threaten climate finance pledges The UK is the latest wealthy nation to announce cuts to its overseas aid weeks after committing to step up climate pledges

UK aid budget cuts threaten #climatefinance pledge to vulnerable nations, experts warn www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/25/u...

Top UK pension fund pulls £28bn from State Street over ESG retreat US asset manager previously managed all of The People’s Pension’s £33bn in assets

Top UK pension fund pulls £28bn from State Street over #ESG retreat www.ft.com/content/541c... via @ft
#SustainableFinance

Governments agree on the way forward to mobilise the resources needed to protect biodiversity for people and planet Governments agreed, on 27 February 2025, in Rome on the strategy to raise the funds needed to protect biodiversity and achieve the action targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ...

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#BiodiversityFinance #NatureFinance #BiodiversityLoss

Stalled UN Nature Talks to Resume in Rome for Three-Day Sprint After last year’s COP16 reached an impasse, negotiators will make a second attempt to agree on funding to halt the global loss of biodiversity.

The second attempt of #COP16 is taking place in Rome this week - here is what is at stake for #naturefinance.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#BiodiversityFinance #Biodiversityloss #Nature

Our 1st Biodiversity Science-Policy 'starter pack' is now full (150 accounts). Access at: go.bsky.app/LjV86zg

There's a 2nd starter pack already filling up: go.bsky.app/GzM8eok

NB: these are mainly IPBES authors & stakeholders regularly engaged with IPBES work. Please follow & share widely! 🌍🧪

Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment, sources say The Trump administration has halted the participation of U.S. scientists in key U.N. climate change assessments, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, part of its broader withdrawal from climate change mitigation efforts and multilateral cooperation.

Trump pulls US out of key global #climate assessment, sources say
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