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Iceland’s Sustainability Bond Debut

Chris Hall

Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Iceland’s Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, talks about the country’s inaugural green bond issuance, which was promptly followed by the world’s first sovereign gender bond. This year has already started strong, with large-ticket green bond issuances from the EU, France, Austria and the UK.

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Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future

GreenBiz

I first started working on climate change in the 1990s, advising President Clinton as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the run-up to the 1997 Kyoto Conference of Parties. We understood that the potential cost of climate change was significant. . emissions by greening the electricity and transportation sectors.

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These 30 under 30 are leading a green youthquake

Corporate Knights

Witnessing the disproportionate impacts of climate change – floods, earthquakes and heat waves – deepened my resolve,” he says. Prior to that, she led the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Orillia, Ontario, implementing new EV chargers and undertaking an energy-management analysis of city facilities.