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Protect Papua New Guinea's Rainforest: COP26 REDD+ Carbon Credits Auction

The Coalition for Rainforest Nations and EY are proud to launch the first REDD+ rainforest carbon credit auction in compliance with the Paris Agreement to be held at the Glasgow Climate Summit (COP26) from November 1st -November 3rd, 2021.

Immediate action needed to keep 1.5°C in sight, says PRI

As governments prepare to start the COP26 negotiations at the end of the month, they have been warned that an immediate ramp-up in energy & land use policy is needed to keep the goal of restricting warming to 1.5°C in sight.

Raise the bar on ESG, but not at the expense of P for poverty

Investments that lift people out of economic deprivation are as vital to the planet as those that lower the carbon footprint, promote health and safety and strengthen transparency, argues Carolyn Campbell

Chile considering sovereign sustainability-linked bond issuance, says debt head

Chile is currently evaluating the possibility of issuing a sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) as soon as 2022, according to its debt head

NDB: Blue bonds as big as green bonds in 10 years

The 'blue' bond market of ocean-related sustainable projects could be as big as the green bond market within a decade, the New Development Bank (NDB) has said.

HKMA: Adopting the Common Ground Taxonomy could prove 'tricky'

Hong Kong plans to adopt the international Common Ground Taxonomy being drawn up by the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF)...

People Moves 15 October: McKinley returns to BlackRock, Leigh-Bell leaves CBI, and Howchin quits Swedish funds

Sustainable investors remain cautious on UK green gilts

As the UK prepares to issue it second sovereign green bond after a record-breaking debut, sustainable investors continue to raise concerns about certain aspects of its green bond programme. Ahren Lester reports

McKinley returns to BlackRock

CBI's Leigh-Bell joins Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute