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EIB issues record-breaking €650m green bond
12 July 2013The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €650 million ($849.4 million) Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) – the largest ever green bond to be denominated in euros, and the first to use the EIB's ECoop framework.
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AfDB plans $500m green bond issue by end October
10 July 2013The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to issue a $500 million green bond in September or October, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Can green bonds go mainstream?
20 June 2013The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell
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China kicks off carbon trading pilot
18 June 2013China's first carbon trading programme has been welcomed by industry experts as a key step on the road to a national carbon market. Graham Cooper reports