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  • Green Climate Fund is 'considering issuing green bonds'

    09 November 2016

    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is contemplating issuing green bonds to help expand its activities, Environmental Finance understands.

  • Trump's shock win casts doubt over US climate policy

    09 November 2016

    Donald Trump's shock win in the US Presidential elections has cast a poll of doubt over the Paris climate agreement amid fears he will dismantle the country's existing climate change policies.

  • World Bank issues green bond for Morocco

    08 November 2016

    The World Bank (the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) has issued a green bond that was exclusively bought by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the Central Bank of Morocco.

  • Masen issues Morocco's first green bond

    07 November 2016

    Masen (the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy) has issued the country's first green bond, raising MAD1.15 billion ($153 million) as Marrakesh prepares to host the UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22).

  • Investors with €5trn of assets call for halt to arctic oil drilling

    07 November 2016

    A group of institutional investors, representing €5 trillion ($5.52 trillion) of assets under management, have called for a "permanent moratorium" on arctic oil drilling.

  • Paris Agreement comes into force

    04 November 2016

    Investors and businesses had a renewed impetus to embrace the emerging low-carbon economy today, as the Paris Agreement to limit global warming at 2°C officially came into force.

  • World Bank sells half of pre-COP green bond to Maryland

    04 November 2016

    The World Bank has issued a $500 million green bond ahead of the UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) - half of which was bought by the US state of Maryland.

  • Paris' 15-point plan to become the green financial centre of the world

    03 November 2016

    Paris has released a masterplan outlining its ambition to become the green financial centre of the world.

  • Swift ratification of Paris leaves COP22 with momentum building role, says IEA

    03 November 2016

    The earlier than expected ratification of the Paris Agreement means COP22's role will be to maintain the momentum behind the negotiations, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

  • EF BRIEFS: Paris Agreement, Canada, Indianapolis, S&P DJI/Trucost

    04 October 2016

    The European Parliament has voted to ratify the Paris Agreement, edging the landmark treaty closer to implementation.