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Nigeria to issue $30m sovereign green bond, Belgium waits in wings
13 December 2017Nigeria plans to issue a 10.69 billion naira ($30 million) green bond next week, and become the first African sovereign issuer.
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Natixis becomes latest firm to stop lending tar sands and Arctic oil
13 December 2017Natixis has been added to the growing list of financial institutions that are walking away from tar sands and Arctic oil.
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The SDGs and the bond market
13 December 2017The green bond market, which in recent years has emerged as a test bed for sustainable finance, has begun to adapt in response to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Stern calls for $40 - $80 carbon price by 2020
13 December 2017Influential economist Nicholas Stern said the price of carbon must rise sharply if the world is to limit global warming in line with the ambitions set out in the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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Dutch financial firms take action on carbon footprint
13 December 2017Twelve Dutch financial institutions have developed a methodology for measuring the carbon footprint of their investments and loans.
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Talanx plays dealmaker in $1bn debt financing of offshore wind farm
13 December 2017Talanx has co-ordinated at least 10 institutional investors to commit €832 million ($980 million) of debt finance for a North Sea wind farm, marking the second time the German insurer clubbed like-minded institutions together.
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TCFD garners support from wide range of corporates and investors
13 December 2017Support for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) from companies, and investors has grown strongly since the group published its final recommendations in June, its chairman Michael Bloomberg said.
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$300m fund launched to combat land degradation
13 December 2017Mirova, the sustainable investment arm of French bank Natixis, has formally launched the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund (LDNF) which it has been developing with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) since 2015.
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Axa targets €12bn of green investments and dumps coal and oil sands projects
12 December 2017Axa has quadrupled its green investment target and said it plans to divest €2.4 billion ($2.8 billion) from coal-related companies, as it ramps up its efforts to fight climate change.
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$26trn of investors sign up to climate engagement initiative
12 December 2017More than 200 global institutional investors with over $26.3 trillion in assets have joined forces in a collaborative engagement initiative to drive swifter corporate action on climate change.