low-carbon-economy

Please join us in New York on Thurday September 26 for the US launch of the report Bonds and Climate Change: the state of the market in 2013, 12:30pm

Speakers include: Michael Eckhart (Global Head of Environment at Citi), Suzanne Buchta (Managing Director of DCM at  Bank of America Merrill Lynch), Curtis Ravenel (Global Head of Sustainability, Bloomberg)  and  Sean Kidney (Climate Bonds Initiative)

This event is kindly hosted by Bloomberg, a light lunch will be provided.

We have over 200 people signed up for our first Paris Climate Bonds seminar tomorrow with CDC Climat! If you can't join us by the Seine (it's going to be a beautiful 20C and sunny!) then you can listen in remotely via http://www.eyedo.com/en/WhiteBoard/Evenement/4002. 14:30-16:30 CEST.

By guest blogger “Corporate Bonder”

Market Overview

Data compiled by the Bank for International Settlements[1] indicate that the total size of the global debt securities market (domestic and international[2]) was $98.7 trillion as at September 2011, of which $89.9 trillion were notes and bonds. Governments accounted for $44.6 trillion of outstanding debt securities, financial organizations $41.9 trillion, corporations $11.2 trillion and international organizations $1.0 trillion.

This was the handout to go with a talk I've just given in Davos (thank you to the Corporate Knights/Inflection Point Capital Management "Global 100 Dinner" for inviting me). Let me know what you think - what sounds right, what needs more work?

The Context

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/