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We don't need a 'Just Transition' bond label

We could be reaching a turning point for integrating 'just transition' into sustainable finance - but a 'Just Transition' bond label is not needed, according to a leading thinker on the theme.

Just transition: Sustainable bond guidance to unlock 'immense promise'

An initiative has been launched to develop "practical" guidance to integrate 'just transition' considerations into sustainable bond markets, amid fears the theme has been "lost in translation" within allocation and impact reporting.

Santa Marta transition conference: Finance is core to efforts to 'dismantle' fossil fuel hegemony

Cutting subsidies for fossil fuels, backing debt-for-climate swaps and changing credit ratings methodologies to support transition investments are among proposals by dozens of countries to ditch dependence on fossil fuels.

Regulators consider capital for climate risk

Insurance regulators are keen to ensure their prudential frameworks properly incorporate climate risk. But whether this should be reflected in capital requirements is proving a difficult question to answer, as Christopher Cundy reports

NGFS: Central banks should respond to nature risks

Central banks and supervisors should consider nature-related financial risks to fulfil their mandates, as failure to account for these risks could threaten financial stability, NGFS has said.

People Moves 17 December: IIGCC, ISSB, Moody's and more

Nick Robins among new Scottish Just Transition Commission members

UK financial regulation overhaul needed for 'just transition', says alliance

The UK government should adjust financial regulation to improve the chances of achieving a 'just transition' to a low-carbon economy

NGFS: How central banks can confront biodiversity risk

Central banks and financial supervisors have been told they can improve their assessment of the relationship between financial stability and biodiversity, including by developing their own "ad hoc methodological approaches that better capture the risk of biodiversity impacts".

Impact investing for a just transition

The 'absence of people' is a rare weakness of the TCFD framework - but investor engagement to ensure a socially just low-carbon transition could be set for a major boost, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports