Setting the Green Standard
Climate Bonds screens self-labelled green bonds against a science-based methodology to ensure they align with climate goals, environmental impact, and minimum safeguards, creating a robust and practical Standard for market integrity. The green bond market continues to grow, with stronger alignment driving more credible labelled issuance.
As of the end of 2025, Climate Bonds had recorded USD8.1tn of cumulative GSS and SLB (collectively GSS+) volume, of which USD6.8tn (83%) was found to be Climate Bonds aligned.
This indicates strong appetite for thematic debt, with the difference between the two numbers highlighting the rigour of Climate Bonds curation.
Disclaimer: Data is provisional for each quarter until it gets validated until the end of the quarter.
Just launched
Accessing science-based climate criteria should be straightforward. That's why we've launched a new interactive way to explore the Climate Bonds Taxonomy.
The updated Climate Bonds Taxonomy is now available through a new interactive platform, bringing together expanded mitigation coverage, selected resilience investments and enhanced search functionality in a single location.
Explore climate-aligned activities, assets and measures across sectors ranging from steel and cement to agriculture, aviation and methane abatement. Search or filter by sector, sub-sector and/or climate theme to find what is eligible for green finance and see which of these can also be certified under the Climate Bonds Standard & Certification Scheme.
01 Jul 2026
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