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EU taxonomy removes agriculture and offers concession to gas

Nordic green bond issuers criticise EU taxonomy

Nordic local government funding agencies MuniFin, Kommunalbanken and Kommuninvest have jointly published feedback on the EU's proposed sustainable finance taxonomy, warning that it risks undermining the uptake of the EU's planned green bond standard.

130 NGOs and experts criticise proposed EU Taxonomy

More than 130 NGOs and sustainability experts have rounded on the EU's draft taxonomy of sustainable activities, calling for it to more closely resemble a proposal originally suggested by a group of experts.

EU's €750bn recovery plan to use green taxonomy

The European Commission's €750 billion ($825 billion) Covid-19 recovery fund will be geared around climate action, including an expansion of the EU emissions trading scheme.

EU agrees low-carbon benchmark categories

EU politicians have agreed on categories for proposed low-carbon benchmarks, marking an important milestone in the development of the bloc's Sustainable Finance Action Plan.

Analysts bullish on EUAs in 2019, despite hard Brexit threat

EU carbon allowance (EUA) prices are expected in 2019 to build on the extraordinary gains they made last year, despite the danger of a 'hard Brexit' disrupting the market, analysts have predicted.