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  • Climate Bonds Initiative forecasts over $80bn green bonds in 2016

    11 November 2016

    Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has revised its forecast for green bond issuances in 2016 to $80 billion and "maybe higher".

  • NRW Bank to issue fourth green bond

    10 November 2016

    NRW Bank, the development agency of the German North Rhine-Westphalia federal state, has mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch and DZ Bank as joint-lead managers for a 10-year green bond.

  • Green Climate Fund is 'considering issuing green bonds'

    09 November 2016

    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is contemplating issuing green bonds to help expand its activities, Environmental Finance understands.

  • World Bank issues green bond for Morocco

    08 November 2016

    The World Bank (the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) has issued a green bond that was exclusively bought by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the Central Bank of Morocco.

  • Masen issues Morocco's first green bond

    07 November 2016

    Masen (the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy) has issued the country's first green bond, raising MAD1.15 billion ($153 million) as Marrakesh prepares to host the UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22).

  • Renew Financial issues $115m Pace bond

    07 November 2016

    California-based clean energy finance company Renew Financial has completed the securitisation of a $115 million residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) bond.

  • World Bank sells half of pre-COP green bond to Maryland

    04 November 2016

    The World Bank has issued a $500 million green bond ahead of the UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) - half of which was bought by the US state of Maryland.

  • GBPs launch resource centre

    03 November 2016

    The Green Bond Principles (GBPs) have officially launched a resource centre that aims to help investors more easily find relevant and standardised information on issues.

  • Green bond comment: October

    02 November 2016

    Will investors ever pay up for a green bond?

  • IFC upsizes $152 million forestry bond

    31 October 2016

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has raised $152 million for its "first-of-its-kind" forestry bond that allows investors to be paid using carbon credits.