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Bonds Could Unlock Climate Adaptation in Emerging Markets

Chris Hall

Climate Bonds’ newly released annual report highlighted the discrepancy in green bond issuance volumes between developing and emerging markets last year. . Three quarters (73%) of green bond issuance originated from developed markets (DM), while 21% came from EMs. trillion, the Climate Bonds report said.

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Are we Eating up Our World?

Chris Hall

Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects. UNEP is working with national institutions and FIs to strengthen domestic regulatory frameworks in order to address this challenge.

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UN: Pandemic causes dip in building emissions, but long-term outlook bleak

Envirotec Magazine

“This year showed that climate change is an immediate direct threat to every community on this planet, and it is only going to intensify,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. Indirect building sector emissions will have to drop through a reduction of 60 per cent in power generation emissions.