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Reflecting on COP27's Loss and Damage Fund Agreement

3BL Media

degrees Celsius (above pre-industrial levels) as outlined in the landmark Paris Agreement, through a collection of decisions. They have developed new innovations to build on products, such as green bonds and sustainability-linked loans, with new nature-based ideas added to the mix.

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FTSE Russell Launches New Climate Transition-Focused Fixed Income Indices

ESG Today

FTSE Russell launched its initial TPI Climate Transition Index in 2020. Climate factors considered include carbon emissions, green revenues, green bonds, and TPI inputs enabling a forward-looking view on company alignment with the goals of the Paris agreement, encompassing a management quality score and a carbon performance score.

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We Need a Faster Food Revolution for People, Planet and Livelihoods

3BL Media

degrees Celsius by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement. In developed countries such as in Western Europe, where farmers are heavily subsidized and the average livestock farm generated an income of 50,000 euros (about US$52,000) in 2020, there is an opportunity to connect subsidies to improvements in sustainability.

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ESG Bond Issuance to Quadruple by 2025

Chris Hall

The market for climate-aligned bonds has developed in response to a shortage of ESG-labelled debt, with investors seeking instead to identify the debt securities of firms deriving the vast majority of their revenues from climate-aligned activities. Green bonds accounted for around half of all issuance (US$488.8

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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

Other binding targets include increasing the share of days with good air quality in cities up to 87.5% (from 87% in 2020) and increasing forest coverage to 24.1%. GtCO2e in 2020 and set to reach 13.2-14.5 The total installed capacity of wind and solar power reached over 530 GW by the end of 2020. billion kilowatts by 2030.

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

Envirotec Magazine

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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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 billion at the end of 2020. Green bonds provided most of the additional US$97.8 billion in sustainable bonds.