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Development bank finance for climate projects jumps 28%

Financing of climate-related projects by multilateral development banks (MDBs) soared 28% last year to a record high of $35.2 billion.

Green bond Comment, June: A win-win product?

Green bond enthusiasts received a sharp 'reality check' last month, when they heard that Hiro Mizuno, chief investment officer of the world's largest pension fund, regards them as a "lose-lose product".

World Bank plans new auction for carbon credits

The World Bank has teamed up with the German government to buy carbon credits from private sector companies with projects that reduce emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) from nitric acid production facilities.

EU carbon update, 29 May 2018

Amundi creates position of chief responsible investment officer

Amundi has appointed Stanislas Pottier to the new position of chief responsible investment officer.

Green bond experts rebut GPIF charge they are a 'lose-lose' product

A valuable benefit of green bonds is that they enable fixed income investors to 'engage' with issuers on topics such as climate change, as is already common practice in the equity markets, according to Frederic Samama, co-head of institutional clients coverage at Amundi Asset Management.

Government revenues from carbon pricing soar

Carbon pricing mechanisms – including both taxes and emissions trading systems – brought in $33 billion for governments around the world last year, a rise of 50% since 2016, the World Bank said.

Green bond comment, May: It's all about impact!

Is the green bond market evolving into the impact bond market?

Green bond round-up, 25 April

More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.

Introducing Sustainable Land Bonds - Investing in nature for climate

Climate finance flows could be used to help developing tropical forest countries tap the bond markets, scaling up the amount of capital available to them for conservation, argues Peter Wheeler