Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. City bonds are mostly AA.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The 2007-09 financial crisis prompted several emergency changes to the structures, which reduced some risks – but also created new ones in the process. Many companies were banking on interest rates remaining low and stable inflation, as well as the nature of the business and regulatory environment remaining essentially the same.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Now, installing new wind turbines or solar farms is cheaper than keeping coal fired plants, as per the investment bank Lazard. Ending fossil fuels subsidies and divesting away from coal will put the final nails in the coffin. This basically kills the business case for coal. while GDP grew too. Our future can be coal-free.

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