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Reminder: webinar tomorrow! Climate Bonds Initiative and Aviva co-hosted webinar on how the Climate Bonds Standard V2.0 will make independent review easy - 29 Sep: 06:30 New York / 11:30 London / 12:30 Paris / 18:30 Beijing

Tomorrow (29 Sep), we will be co-hosting a webinar with the Aviva at:

Colin Purdie, head of institutional credit @ £260bn Aviva Investors, speaks out on fiduciary duty & climate change, why green standards are needed & mainstream appetite for green bonds

GBP260 billion Aviva Investors is one of the gorillas of the investor world. Speaking at Monday's Environmental Bonds conference in London, Aviva's Head of Instituional Credit, 

Doha snapshots 5: Turkish Ambassador's climate confusion / Tweets everywhere / Monckton evicted / Aviva builds in ESG / Amazing fact of the day

At one of the final side events by the Turkish industry and business association, TÜSİAD, the talk is at first all about carbon. But carbon credits are not going to be a big driver of emission reductions in Turkey.

 

Turkey is growing fast, and energy demand is growing even faster as the middle class expands; but 70% of primary energy supply is dependent on fossil fuel imports, largely from sometimes capricious Russia. These fuel imports are responsible for the bulk of Turkey's sizeable current account deficit.

Climate Bond Standard launch backed by investors and NGOs; Goal to Assure Integrity of Green Claims for Investors, Governments

Climate Bond Standard released, open for business; Goal to Assure Integrity of Green Claims for Investors, Governments

LONDON TODAY – The Climate Bonds Initiative today released the final approved text of the prototype Climate Bond Standard. See http://standards.climatebonds.net/