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From Green to Blue

Chris Hall

As of January 2023, green bonds had raised US$2.5 Part-credit for this meteoritic growth has been given to the Green Bond Principles (GBP) launched in 2014. Utermarck says that this model has driven the success of particularly green bonds, of which 98% of global issuances are aligned to the GBP.

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Bonds Could Unlock Climate Adaptation in Emerging Markets

Chris Hall

Finance inflows are urgently required to implement adaption techniques and strategies needed for EMs to withstand the effects of climate change, according to Berit Lindholdt-Lauridsen, Senior Operations Officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). . trillion, the Climate Bonds report said. billion. .

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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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Are we Eating up Our World?

Chris Hall

To accelerate this transition, UNEP has developed a Land Use Positive Impact Hub to support banks, asset owners and fund managers to determine how to measure the positive environmental and social (E&S) impacts of their land-use investments. Mainstream institutions. Harmonisation and standardisation. The post Are we Eating up Our World?

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