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Largest ETFs 'hardwired to finance carbon-intensive assets', report says

Policymakers have been urged to step in to help track primary market capital flows to fossil fuel companies, after research revealed that providers of major exchange traded funds (ETFs) continue to invest large amounts in new bond or share issues by these companies.

German court backs 'globally remarkable' climate law complaint

The German Federal Constitutional Court has decided that the 2019 climate change act violated the freedoms of the young complainants by offloading the majority of the carbon emissions reductions to after 2030, in a decision described as "globally remarkable new standard for climate protection as a human right"

Financing costs fall for renewable power projects, soar for coal

MacArthur Foundation: Social bond unlocked immediate Covid-19 action

"The urgent crisis [of the Covid-19 pandemic] coupled with extraordinarily low-interest rates in the bond market made social bonds a good tool for us," according to Debra Schwartz

News round-up: NGFS, G7, Moody's, DeSmog, and more

Oxford University to host new school on sustainable finance

California launches advisory group on climate risk disclosure

Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2021

Adjuvant raises $300m for healthcare venture fund

Adjuvant Capital has raised $300 million for a venture capital fund that aims to accelerate the development of medicine for 'historically overlooked public health challenges'.

25% cut in emissions by corporates setting science-based climate targets