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People Moves, 15 March: Low Carbon, Persefoni, New Forests, CDP, EdenTree, SBTi ... and more

EBRD: lack of scalable projects means nature is stuck in pilot phase

The lack of scalable projects is the biggest issue preventing development bank financing in nature-based solutions, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development told an Environmental Finance event.

Natural Capital Investment EMEA conference round-up

The strong turnout at the conference demonstrated intense interest in the topic, and discussions focused on how to encourage capital to flow, says Genevieve Redgrave

Climate Fund Managers to manage $1.3bn African blended finance energy fund

Climate Fund Managers is to manage a blended finance fund focused on Southern African energy transmission infrastructure, which hopes to raise $1.3 billion.

Climate Bonds Initiative names advisory board, to consult on new climate resilience taxonomy

Tanzanian water authority issues 'historic' green bond

Tanga Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (Tanga UWASA) has issued a TZS53.1 billion ($21 million) 'water green bond,' which is believed to be the first municipal agency sustainable bond issuance in East Africa

SDG data platform building use of AI to identify investments

An impact-focused data platform pioneered by Dutch asset owners APG and PGGM is increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to supplement human input, its research director has said.

AfDB: 'Record' orderbook for landmark 'sustainable hybrid' bond

The African Development Bank (AfDB) said its ground-breaking debut 'sustainable hybrid' capital bond attracted a "record" orderbook for the multi-lateral development bank (MDB), with the $750 million deal more than eight-times oversubscribed.

Bond round-up: Queensland, BADEA, IBRD, ... and more

BADEA issues social bond for debut bond deal

The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) issued a social bond, as it marked the "significant milestone" of its first ever bond issuance.