Mobilizing Private Climate Finance—Green Bonds and Beyond

The international market for green bonds and securities that raise capital for specific climate or environmental sustainability purposes has experienced tremendous growth and could reach an annual market value of over 100 billion US dollars this ye...

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Main Authors: Rosembuj, Flavia, Bottio, Sebastiano
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/510581481272889882/Mobilizing-private-climate-finance-Green-bonds-and-beyond
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spelling okr-10986-303512021-05-25T10:54:41Z Mobilizing Private Climate Finance—Green Bonds and Beyond Rosembuj, Flavia Bottio, Sebastiano GREEN BONDS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CLIMATE CHANGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PARIS AGREEMENT CLIMATE BONDS FORESTS BOND The international market for green bonds and securities that raise capital for specific climate or environmental sustainability purposes has experienced tremendous growth and could reach an annual market value of over 100 billion US dollars this year. As part of this growth, new market tools, skills, and capital have been introduced into the green bond market to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and more broadly address the problem of climate change. The rapid growth of the international green bond market is demonstrating how capital market mechanisms can enlist private capital to address global climate change and channel private sector funds to developed and emerging economies. As the Paris Climate Agreement is implemented it is critical to remember that the push to reduce emissions and switch to clean energy sources will also necessarily include the greening of the global financial system. 2018-09-05T21:24:18Z 2018-09-05T21:24:18Z 2016-12 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/510581481272889882/Mobilizing-private-climate-finance-Green-bonds-and-beyond http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30351 English EMCompass,no. 25; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic GREEN BONDS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
PARIS AGREEMENT
CLIMATE BONDS
FORESTS BOND
spellingShingle GREEN BONDS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
PARIS AGREEMENT
CLIMATE BONDS
FORESTS BOND
Rosembuj, Flavia
Bottio, Sebastiano
Mobilizing Private Climate Finance—Green Bonds and Beyond
relation EMCompass,no. 25;
description The international market for green bonds and securities that raise capital for specific climate or environmental sustainability purposes has experienced tremendous growth and could reach an annual market value of over 100 billion US dollars this year. As part of this growth, new market tools, skills, and capital have been introduced into the green bond market to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and more broadly address the problem of climate change. The rapid growth of the international green bond market is demonstrating how capital market mechanisms can enlist private capital to address global climate change and channel private sector funds to developed and emerging economies. As the Paris Climate Agreement is implemented it is critical to remember that the push to reduce emissions and switch to clean energy sources will also necessarily include the greening of the global financial system.
format Brief
author Rosembuj, Flavia
Bottio, Sebastiano
author_facet Rosembuj, Flavia
Bottio, Sebastiano
author_sort Rosembuj, Flavia
title Mobilizing Private Climate Finance—Green Bonds and Beyond
title_short Mobilizing Private Climate Finance—Green Bonds and Beyond
title_full Mobilizing Private Climate Finance—Green Bonds and Beyond
title_fullStr Mobilizing Private Climate Finance—Green Bonds and Beyond
title_full_unstemmed Mobilizing Private Climate Finance—Green Bonds and Beyond
title_sort mobilizing private climate finance—green bonds and beyond
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/510581481272889882/Mobilizing-private-climate-finance-Green-bonds-and-beyond
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30351
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