Transition
Capital markets bankers are alert to the possibility that growing awareness of the need to transition away from fossil fuels — acknowledged explicitly by all signatories to the Paris Agreement for the first time in the COP26 agreement in Glasgow — could begin to sap the bond market access of oil and gas companies.
French-led push for nuclear and gas puts credibility at stake
Reinsurance and ILS is ‘still in its infancy’ in understanding climate change’s impact on catastrophe risk.
Due to the increased use of M&A as a route to net zero, experts do not expect the boom to die down any time soon
The government of Abu Dhabi has announced an 8.8GW renewables capacity target for the year 2025 and is planning 2 new solar schemes with a combined output of 2GW
Institutions set out eight minimum ESG criteria
Next NDCs should be sooner than five years to set sustainable trajectory
Due to the increased use of M&A as a route to net zero, experts do not expect the boom to die down any time soon
The government of Abu Dhabi has announced an 8.8GW renewables capacity target for the year 2025 and is planning 2 new solar schemes with a combined output of 2GW
Institutions set out eight minimum ESG criteria
Next NDCs should be sooner than five years to set sustainable trajectory
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ESG talent war arrives in markets businesses -
List of sovereign green bond issuers to be expanded with arrival of Austria and New Zealand next year
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Interbank regulator pushes for the development of the ESG-linked Panda bond market
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Protesters and the political dregs are upping sticks from the COP26 summit to take 'sustainable' transport solutions for the next hot air symposium as dust settles on more MoUs than you can shake a toothy grin at
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Capital markets experts suggest that the UN’s COP26 event will stimulate the issuance of sovereign green bonds in Latin America and the Caribbean, as government taxonomies pave the way for new types of debt financing
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Prime segment listed companies will be expected to follow climate risk disclosure requirements as the country looks to align to TCFD reporting standards
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Asian Development Bank has launched the long-awaited energy transition mechanism for clean energy transition in Southeast Asia, starting with Philippines and Indonesia
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Financial help needed to kickstart difficult parts of transition
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In September 2021, Singaporean renewable energy company Sembcorp Industries raised S$675 million ($501 million) through its inaugural sustainability-linked bond (SLB), anchored by a S$150 million investment from IFC. The issuance sets the scene for an emerging financing instrument in Southeast Asia’s energy sector as the region showcases decarbonisation strategies at COP26
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