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Mapping the finance for Paris
16 May 2017Ian Callaghan and Tessa Tennant examine who is doing what to help finance the commitments made as part of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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Green bond comment: April was all about innovation and infrastructure
03 May 2017April was a solid month for green bond issuance, raising some $5.6 billion. That figure is up on the $5.3 billion for the same month last year, mainly thanks to a RMB15000 ($2.2 billion) from Bank of Beijing, the biggest Chinese green bond of the year.
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IFC selects Amundi to manage its $2bn emerging market green bond fund
21 April 2017The International Finance Corporation has formally announced the launch of its $2 billion emerging market green bond fund, as exclusively revealed by Environmental Finance last year, and has appointed Amundi to manage it.
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Final winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Green Bond Awards
11 April 2017The best innovations, intermediaries and banks that helped the market set fresh records in 2016 have been honoured in the final wave of the Green Bond Awards.
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Kenya launches green bond programme
04 April 2017Kenya has launched a green bond programme with an eye to see the country's first issue by November. The programme's objective is to grow capacity for green bond issuance in the country, establish a framework and standards, develop licensed verifiers and look to catalyse similar programmes across East Africa.
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Green bond roundup - 29 March 2017
29 March 2017The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has issued a AUD650 million ($495 million) green bond, its inaugural offering.
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Green bonds round up, 22 March 2017
22 March 2017French rail operator SNCF Reseau is gearing up to issue its second green bond.
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Green Bond Round Up - 23 January 2017
23 January 2017The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a SEK3 billion ($337 million) green bond, its first of 2017.
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World Bank concludes PAF with $13m carbon auction
12 January 2017The World Bank concluded the pilot phase of its climate change auction initiative after it agreed to buy $13 million of carbon credits in a reverse auction.
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Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards open for entries
04 January 2017After another record-breaking year for the green bond market, Environmental Finance is preparing to honour the market leaders as it calls for entries for its annual Green Bond Awards.