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
green bonds
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
Transition finance is a relatively new addition to the suite of sustainable finance instruments. Sabrina Muller and Nick Robins explain how and why the ‘just transition’ to net-zero, an inclusive process that takes into account the impacts on all people and places, needs to be fully incorporated. Read more
This paper, co-authored with the Impact Investing Institute, emphasises the strategic potential for a green sovereign bond with well-defined social and economic benefits to support the European Commission’s new Strategy for “financing the transition to a sustainable economy.” 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
In this post for the Sustainable Finance Leadership series, Suranjali Tandon examines the key features of India’s approach to connecting capital markets and environmental imperatives, a drive that is set to accelerate following COVID-19, with a sovereign green bond on the horizon. Read more
