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Central banks 'could demand transition plans to help set capital requirements'
13 September 2023A "high likelihood [of] sudden build-ups of prudential risks" caused by climate change should see central banks and supervisors adjust prudential requirements for banks based on their transition plans, academics have recommended.
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Private-public investment fund launched to invest in emerging market green bonds
06 September 2023The partners behind the EU-led Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) have signed a strategic partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IDB Invest ...
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ICMA publishes blue bond guide in 'big step forward' for market
06 September 2023A long-anticipated blue bond guide has been published, in a "big step forward" for the development of the water-focused sustainable bond market.
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Natural Capital Investment Americas: early bird ends today!
18 August 2023The early bird rate for the Natural Capital Investment Americas conference ends today, so register now to save 20%. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a further 30% discount.
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Gabon deal shows rise of nature bond conversions
16 August 2023The Gabon blue bond is the third debt-for-nature deal of this type signed in the last year, boosting confidence these transactions can be scaled. Ahren Lester writes
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Gabon secures ground-breaking $500m debt-for-nature blue bond
15 August 2023Gabon has issued a $500 million blue bond to fund a debt conversion which will unlock more than $160 million of funding for ocean conservation projects, becoming the first issuer of such a deal in mainland Africa and on public bond markets.
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Enel, DZ Bank join Principles ExCom as Fannie Mae exits
23 June 2023Enel, DZ Bank and BNP Paribas Asset Management were among those elected to the executive committee (ExCom) which develop the influential sustainable bond principles, but Fannie Mae's exit marks a quick end to US issuer representation on the executive.
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Biodiversity funding database FIRE prepares for launch
02 June 2023An online tool to ease access to funding resources for biodiversity projects, from sources including investors, is about to be launched by UN Development Programme.
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Sustainable bond market risks fragmentation amid 'regulatory overload'
25 May 2023By Ahren Lester at the ICMA AGM in Paris
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APG, Achmea announce African loan partnership
25 April 2023APG Asset Management, Achmea and African Development Bank have announced a collaboration to support private sustainable loans - though they have not revealed how much they will lend.