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Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... transition. Climate Bonds plays an active role in international discourse on the development of new market-based climate finance solutions. Joining the Partnership Programme gives us an opportunity to increase our engagement with an active participant ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Initiative. "This guide can help the public sector in translating aspects of their national INDC objectives into climate finance outcomes. Adding green bonds into the climate finance mix can help the shift of capital to low carbon projects, infrastructure ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... version 2.0 of the Climate Bonds Standards, is based in Australia. He updated institutional investors and other climate finance professionals attending the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Summit in Melbourne this week. The rise in external certification ...

World's multilateral banks to continue focus on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... "leveraging additional private sector investment, continuing to innovate and promote more robust and transparent climate finance tracking and reporting." "The European Investment Bank is committed to supporting investment that reduces greenhouse gas ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... outstanding issuance." The report breaks climate-themed bonds down into seven categories - transport, energy, climate finance, buildings and industry, agriculture and forestry, waste and pollution control, and water. Transport bonds continue to dominate ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s analysis of climate finance shows that redirecting global funds from investment emissions intensive assets to low carbon sources should be a priority for governments and investors, according to ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... derive the list. Transport bonds dominated the list of climate-themed bonds, representing 79%. Clean energy and climate finance were the next-most common climate-themed bonds. The HSBC/Climate Bonds Initiative report did not include any sovereign bonds ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... availability of long-term capital for low-carbon infrastructure. "The structural need for increased future flows of climate finance needs to be routinely incorporated into financial frameworks to ensure at a minimum that these do not hamper expansion ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... derive the list. Transport bonds dominated the list of climate-themed bonds, representing 79%. Clean energy and climate finance were the next-most common climate-themed bonds. "Applying an index-type filter -credit ratings, currencies eligible on benchmark ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... USD$174bn worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry. Green bonds are tied to financing projects that benefit ...