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Stopped in its Tracks

Chris Hall

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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The Future of Climate Investing

3BL Media

She argued that because there is no standardized definition for sustainable investment, it is harder to determine which ESG initiatives are causing a net change for the good. While there is still a long way to go to meet the Paris agreement, Free ended the panel with a simple blueprint to reach it.

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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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More Relief than Regret as Montreal Fails to Make it Mandatory

Chris Hall

A statement from 150 global financial institutions with US$24 trillion in AUM backed a “robust” GBF that provided a clear mandate for the alignment of financial flows, supported the disclosure of nature-related risks, impacts and dependencies, and outlined clear targets and definitions to enable the development of nature-positive projects.