Month: August 2025

Record-breaking Green Climate Fund Board meeting approves USD 1.225 billion for new projects, reforms accreditation model and invites bids to host regional presence

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board recently approved a record volume of climate finance for developing countries, green-lighting 17 new projects for climate action around the world. The USD 1.225 billion total is the largest amount approved at a single Board meeting, during a year in which the Fund is scaling up its activities in response to the global demands for climate finance. GCF now has a portfolio of 314 projects amounting to USD 18 billion in GCF resources, USD 67 billion including co-financing.  The projects will bring urgently needed…

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Green Finance Institute appoints Sir Jonathan Taylor as new board chair

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Finance Institute (GFI), which creates and scales innovative green finance solutions for global markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Jonathan Taylor as the Chair of its Board of Directors. His three-year term is effective 8 July. Sir Jonathan, a former development banker and policy maker, brings to the GFI deep experience in financial services and in infrastructure, climate and environment finance. He succeeds Acting Chair Emma Kane who will remain on the Board as Deputy Chair, and former esteemed Chairs Emma Howard-Boyd CBE, and the…

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3D pioneer Ocean Outdoor brings an unmissable creative DOOH format to market

Stuart Mitchell

DC Studios’ all-new Superman feature film is the launch partner for the Ocean Showcase™. Two years in the making, Ocean Outdoor this week unveils the Ocean Showcase™, a brand-new, freestanding, immersive 3D canvas which draws on the very best creative and technical opportunities modern Digital Out of Home (DOOH) has to offer.   Superman launching the Ocean Showcase at Westfield Stratford With two curved screens spanning almost six metres wide and three metres tall, the Showcase is a precision-engineered LED structure, inspired by Ocean’s pioneering 3D DeepScreen® tech which was first…

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Travel Is Surging as 83% Plan Trips and 66% Say OOH Influences Their Plans

Stuart Mitchell

The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) recently released its 2025 Travel and OOH Impact Study, conducted in partnership with The Harris Poll. The new study reveals that daily travel has not only returned post-pandemic, but it’s accelerating, with nearly 4 in 10 consumers driving more today than before COVID. Eighty-three percent of U.S. adults and nearly 9 in 10 Gen Z adults are planning leisure trips in the months ahead. As people hit the road and take to the skies, out of home (OOH) ads are catching…

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PRSA Announces Selection of 8 New Members for College of Fellows

Stuart Mitchell

 PRSA, the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community, announced today the eight new members selected to the College of Fellows. Established in 1989, the College of Fellows includes more than 750 professionals and educators who have made a significant impact on the public relations and communications profession.  “The College of Fellows represents the best of the best in our profession — those who have demonstrated and been certified as having the highest standards of excellence,” said Ray Day, 2025 PRSA chair, Stagwell vice chair and Allison Worldwide executive…

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