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Bond Investors Can Help Hold Companies Accountable Post COP26

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: The United Nations Glasgow Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, concluded in November with 200 nations signing the Glasgow Climate Pact (GCP), an agreement that could accelerate climate action and drive big carbon cuts. COP26 Reflects Increased Drive for Climate Action . SOURCE: AllianceBernstein.

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Commodity AND Security

Chris Hall

Dr Bo Bai, Executive Chairman of MetaVerse Green Exchange, says regulation should reflect the duality of carbon credits to drive green finance growth. When global leaders gathered at COP26 last year, governments pledged ambitious 2030 emissions reduction targets to achieve net zero by 2050.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: FTSE Russell Presents Net Zero Index Series in Japan

Chris Hall

COP26 in Glasgow highlighted the critical need for financial markets to be part of the solution to the climate emergency, and this partnership reinforces our commitment to enable this transition,” said Arne Staal, FTSE Russell CEO. of ESG issuance for 2021, according to the IHS Markit.

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The ESG Interview: How Green is Government Debt?

Chris Hall

Data from the Climate Bonds Initiative reveals sovereign global, social and sustainable (GSS) bond volumes increased by 103% in 2021 raising cumulative issuance to US$193 billion compared to US$95.2 Green bonds provided most of the additional US$97.8 This compares with €28 billion in green bonds and €0.6

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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

This would put China within range of overachieving on its NDC non-fossil fuel targets, but it would be insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement 1.5C China’s green bond issuances are set to exceed US$100 billion this year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. of the total amount of green bonds issued.

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South American Finance Ministers Discuss Incentives and Mechanisms to Finance the Decarbonization of their Economies

Sustainable Development Network

As countries look to update their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of COP26, leaders prepare to take stock of the progress made over the last 5 years and put forward new ambitious pathways. When the private sector is included, innovation and better management is characteristic.

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More Relief than Regret as Montreal Fails to Make it Mandatory

Chris Hall

The GBF’s Goal D, on implementation, contained an unambiguous commitment to aligning public and private financial flows to its overall objectives, with supporting language in the enabling targets, analogous to the Paris Agreement clauses that put climate change on the global agenda in 2015. “We Beyond climate.