Climate-Aligned Desalination: Expansion to Climate Bonds Water Criteria:...
Fresh thinking for freshwater provision in expansion of Climate Bonds Standard The Climate Bonds Water Criteria have been updated to include robust, ambitious and market-leading requirements for...
View ArticleA Short Guide to Financing Credible Transitions: Part 2 of 3.Transition needs...
Inclusive - Ambitious - Flexible – The three common features that can shape transition investmentIn January we began a new Blog Post series on three common features of transition, starting with a focus...
View ArticleUK Debut Sovereign Green Bonds to Ignite Britain’s Market?
DMO set to offer up to 15bn in Green Gilts to the market, as it gears up to be one of the world’s biggest green bond issuance programmesChancellor Rishi Sunak used his Spring Budget to announce that...
View ArticleJapan GB Market Review 2020: Latest Collaboration with Green Bond Promotion...
2020 marks another record year for Japan, growing by a third as the market gets green light on Covid-recovery: Latest Collaboration with Green Bond Issuance Promotion Platform Climate Bonds’ latest...
View ArticleFinancing Credible Transitions: Flexibility: A core feature that will shape...
Don't miss our special China Transition Finance Webinar! Thursday 1st April - 08:00 London/1500 Beijing & Hong Kong. Register here. Inclusive - Ambitious - Flexible - The three common features...
View ArticleSovereign Green, Social and Sustainability (SGSS) Bonds - How far and how...
Doubling sovereign Issuance... Doubling sovereign Issuers... Climate finance objectives pre- and post-COP26 The number of Sovereign Green, Social and Sustainability (SGSS) issuers more than doubled...
View ArticleIndia: Agricultural Resilience in the face of continuing climate impacts
Separating sheep from goats – using green taxonomies to make Indian agriculture resilient to climate changeThe expression perfect storm is a cosy sounding oxymoron. It refers to a peculiar...
View ArticleBig day! Brussels releases EU Taxonomy as prelude to Biden Summit; China’s...
Twin announcements presage new stage in green revolution EU TaxonomyThe text of the EU Taxonomy regulation was released today in Brussels. The EU Taxonomy provides a common language to describe and...
View ArticleRecord $700bn of Green, Social & Sustainability (GSS) Issuance in 2020:...
10th iteration of Climate Bonds flagship report: Cumulative GSS issuance reaches $1.7tn in labelled markets: Cumulative Green passes $1tn milestone: 2021 set for another record high as momentum...
View ArticleNew IEA "Net Zero by 2050" rpt says to meet climate targets we have stop all...
The International Energy Agency (IEA), the world’s pre-eminent energy agency, coordinator of the world’s petroleum reserves, and a part of the OECD, yesterday finally released its long-awaited report...
View ArticlePost-Issuance Reporting in the Green Bond Market 2021: New Report Assesses...
Post-issuance series: 3rd iteration – reporting is commonplace, but harmonisation needed Climate Bonds has released the Post-issuance reporting in the green bond market 2021 report, our third...
View Article2021 Green Forecast Updated to Half a Trillion – Latest H1 Figures Signal New...
2021 Set for Record Year – Brings Long Awaited $1Trillion Annual Green Milestone Into Sight- Social & Sustainability Growth adds Extra Spice On track for a record $500bn green in 2021 Climate Bonds...
View ArticleLaunched Discussion Paper Transition Finance for Transforming Companies
Financial sector’s response to ‘code red for humanity’ won’t be successful until rules of the road are establishedUN Secretary-General’s quote about the latest IPCC report signalling ‘code red for...
View ArticleFirst Shipping Certification under the Climate Bonds Standard
“Anchors Away!” - Shipping Criteria Sets Sail with an Impressive Fleet of Ferries Climate Bonds is delighted to present the first Certified shipping project under the Climate Bonds Standard. The New...
View ArticleChina totalled USD44bn in labelled green bonds during 2020: Second largest...
China Remains a Green Bond Market Leader Despite Evident Impacts of PandemicChina's green bond market is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to grow, according to a new report released...
View Article$1Trillion Annual Green Bond Milestone Tipped for end 2022 in Latest Survey:...
$1Trillion Annual Green Bond Milestone Tipped for end 2022 in Latest Survey: Sean Kidney calls for $5Trillion per year by 2025Market Sentiment positive on growth to 2025Green bond investment in a...
View ArticleCOP26 Briefing: Sovereign Green Bond issuance takes off! Start of a long boom
Huge oversubscription for UK & EU green bonds underlines the strength of investor demandThe last two months have seen two incredible green sovereign level debut bonds:In September the UK...
View ArticleCOP26: Larry Fink criticises greenwashing; ADB to buy-and-retire coal plants;...
COP26: Larry Fink criticises greenwashing; ADB to buy-and-retire coal plants; methane pledge, green steelWe’re at COP26 (surprise!). Some highlights so far:Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, called for a...
View ArticleCertified Green Issuance Reaches $200bn - Expansion of Climate Bonds Standard...
$200bn marks a solid best practice platform as Climate Bonds Standard sets to expand its reach into heavy industry Cumulative issuance under the Climate Bonds Standard passed USD200bn in late 2021,...
View Article$500bn Green Issuance 2021: social and sustainable acceleration: Annual green...
Global milestone of $5tn annual green investment by 2025 moves closer: Climate policy measures, market mainstreaming, investor demand gathering paceA continued acceleration of green issuance drove...
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