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Policy Gaps Curbing Private Climate Finance Flows

Chris Hall

The gap between current climate investment and the funds needed until 2030 to achieve the net zero targets of the Paris Agreement currently stands at US$6 trillion annually, according to research from the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and law firm A&O Shearman, equating to approximately 6% of global annual GDP.

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ESG Bond Issuance to Quadruple by 2025

Chris Hall

ESG bond issuance reached US$1 trillion in 2021 for the first time according to Refinitiv. A key factor in meeting demand for climate-positive investment could be the growth of climate-aligned bonds. Green bonds accounted for around half of all issuance (US$488.8 Social bond issues totalled US192.9