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| LAC | Debrief #ClimateBondsCONNECT2023 América Latina y el Caribe

En este podcast, Andrés Felipe Sánchez (Head para América Latina y el Caribe - LAC) y Valeria Dagnino (LAC Sustainability Manager) de Climate Bonds Initiative conversan sobre lo que pasó en el #ClimateBondsCONNECT2023 América Latina y el Caribe, en Bogotá - Colombia y hacen un #debrief del evento.

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Spotlight: Climate Bonds' Equivalence Methodology - Climate Mitigation

Climate Bonds is proposing an expansion of the Climate Bonds Taxonomy and the Climate Bonds Standard & Certification Scheme through the recognition of credible criteria from external taxonomies, starting with the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy as a pilot.

09 Jul 2026

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