To deliver a just transition, significant investment needs to be mobilised. Global debt markets could be a vital source of this finance, in particular green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked (GSS+) bonds. This report considers how GSS+ bonds could be used to finance a just transition. Read more
Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) are a new and increasingly popular kind of conservation finance. They emerged in 2019 through private sector... Read more
The Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Climate Bonds Initiative have partnered to assess the needs... Read more
Brendan Curran argues that public investment in the UK steel sector would be a step in the right direction for green jobs, but greater ambition is needed to meet the challenges ahead and to achieve a just transition. Read more
Nick Robins contemplates differences in approach between sustainable finance interventions made by the US Fed and the European Central Bank and calls for a second phase of sustainable central banking in 2023. Read more
This paper highlights how an innovative public-private programme that focuses on Northern Ireland's housing stock can help to fund an equitable low-carbon economy, through the use of a 'Just Transition Bond'. Read more
In this commentary article Danae Kyriakopoulou considers the implications of the recent issuance by the UK and Colombia of their first sovereign green bonds. Read more
The world of finance is increasingly ready to reallocate the flow of capital. In this post for the Sustainable Finance Leadership series, Sean Kidney sets out eight steps to drive change in global capital and channel trillions towards investment in the green, resilient and inclusive economy of the future. Read more
London, Wednesday 7 October 2020. A UK green sovereign bond would finance the green recovery plans the Prime Minister outlined in... Read more
The UK has a proud tradition of leadership in climate action and global finance. The urgent need to rebuild the... Read more