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Four action areas to help close the gap in nature finance

Financing for the nature crisis will be as critical as the climate crisis and needs urgent attention, argue Soumya Balasubramanya, Elisson Wright and Raffaello Cervigni

Global carbon credit registry integration project launched

The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), World Bank and Singapore have launched a open-source project to improve interoperability of global carbon credit registries.

UN plans 'restoration taxonomy' to boost private sector funding

A UN-led initiative is planning to develop a taxonomy of ecosystem restoration activities in order to scale finance for projects from both the private and public sector, amid a significant funding gap.

Platform to provide open carbon credit data

World Bank warns of SLB greenwashing risk from 'structural loopholes'

The World Bank encouraged the market to consider expanding the role of external reviewers for sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) to cover their structure, after research identified "structural loopholes" which pose a greenwashing risk for the market.

ESG in Fixed Income Americas conference: Highlights

The in-person conference attracted more than 300 delegates and continued to demonstrate the growing momentum for sustainable finance in the region, writes Ahren Lester

Uruguay readies 'game-changing' sovereign sustainability-linked bond

Uruguay has published its framework for a 'game-changing' sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB), which incorporates ground-breaking nature targets and coupon structures.

Sovereign sustainability-linked debt initiative launched

A World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB)-backed initiative to "catalyse" sovereign sustainability-linked debt issuance has been launched to provide technical support to increase the volume, quality and impact of such issuances.

US government publishes 'natural capital accounting' plan

The US government has published its draft plan to integrate natural capital accounting into the broader national economic statistical system, in response rising pressure from the private sector to develop such data.

EU becomes largest sustainable bond issuer

The EU has become the largest sustainable bond issuer in the world, with total issuance by the bloc surpassing €119 billion ($141 billion) in less than two years.