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'Transition loans are unlikely to cause confusion'

There is "not that much overlap" between transition loans and established sustainable loan labels to cause confusion when they are understood properly, according to the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA).

Environmental Finance's coverage of COP30 at the end of week one

Highlights from the event in Brazil

'ESG is far from dead', claims Swiss pension fund CPEG

While ESG investing has been politicised in recent years, it remains a key long-term investment strategy, Swiss pension fund has insisted, as it looks to grow its impact allocations.

COP30: 'Critical' Caribbean 'debt-for-resilience' swap initiative launched

Three multilateral development banks (MDBs) have launched a 'debt-for-resilience' swap initiative focused on supporting Caribbean countries to invest in climate resilience measures, including a unique requirement around the regional contribution of such measures.

WWF launches 'Landscape Finance Approach' to mobilise $20bn

The WWF has launched a toolkit - the 'Landscape Finance Approach' - to help investors better invest in nature through scalable landscape-level portfolios, in a bid to mobilise around $20 billion by 2030.

People Moves, 14 November: Citi, Societe Generale and Osmosis

'Generational shift' happening in agriculture, says Gresham House

An "inflection point" is happening in the agriculture sector, according to Gresham House, as it prepares to announce next steps on an agriculture vehicle.

'COP30 must deliver policy momentum on blue bond markets'

The UN COP30 climate summit in Brazil must develop policy support for 'blue'-themed fixed income markets including the "emerging" dedicated blue bond instrument, according to Fidelity International (FIL).

Bpifrance raises €1bn from debut 'European Defence Bond'

French public sector investment bank Bpifrance has raised €1 billion ($1.2 billion) from a sustainable bond-inspired labelled 'defence bond' in a deal almost four-times oversubscribed.

Resilience key topic at COP30, but don't forget about mitigation, says Spanish regulator

Although resilience has been one of the most popular topics at COP30 in Belem, Brazil, delegates not lose sight of the importance of mitigation, said Helena Viñes Fiestas, the commissioner of the Spanish Financial Markets Authority.