Climate-Bonds

• Tomorrow I’m giving a lecture at Yale University on green bonds and climate bonds. If you’re on campus please do join. Klein Geology Lab room 123, on Whitney Ave near Peabody Museum.
• Monday I’m doing the same at the University of Edinburgh in the UK; that’s also open house. Lecture Theatre 4, Business School, University of Edinburgh, 29 Buccleuch Place.

Transparency and standards were at the top of the agenda this week with Ceres INCR (a Climate Bonds Standard Board member) issuing a statement outlining investor expectations of green bonds, supported by 26 large investors.

February is already a hectic month for green bonds with two large issuances this week from repeat issuer Norway’s KBN and the US State of Indiana.  As well as new green bonds there have been market developments with Oslo officially launching its green bond l

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..... Supranational green bonds

Huge retail demand for World Bank’s latest offering increases size from $15m to $91m in 3 days, 7 yr tenor AAA