World Bank launches EM green taxonomy development guidelines
The World Bank has published a guide for Emerging Market (EM) financial regulators that outlines the…
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The World Bank has published a guide for Emerging Market (EM) financial regulators that outlines the…
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The likelihood of the European Central Bank (ECB) taking climate change considerations into account in…
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Climate change remains "the defining issue of our time", despite the economic damage being wrought by…
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Frank Elderson, executive director of supervision at the central bank of the Netherlands (DNB), has called…
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Germany intends to issue two green bonds this year, raising between €8 billion and €12 billion ($9 billion…
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Despite the strong growth in the Chinese green bond market in recent years, analysis by the Climate Policy Initiative's Donovan Escalante and June Choi shows there is still plenty policymakers and investors can do to boost how effective the market becomes
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After years of misalignment with global green bond standards, the new proposals from Chinese watchdogs should clear the way for greater green bond issuance. Ahren Lester reports
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The banking group's global head of sustainable finance talks about the impact of Covid-19, the future of fossil fuel investment, and reveals that the bank has had almost no response to its TCFD report.
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In the first of this two-part series, Hervé Duteil drew on three sustainability foresights offered by the Covid-19 pandemic crisis: the future we want, the future we fear, and the future we create. In this second part, he now explores three enabling mindsets that we must adopt to create the future we want, and where Sustainable Finance has an important role to play
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At least €20 billion ($22 billion) a year is required to protect biodiversity in the European Union (EU) over the next decade, according to the European Commission. It says this will require contributions from EU funds, national governments and private sources of capital.
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Developing the region's capital markets would help it address the climate challenge, argues Ajeya Bandyopadhyay
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