19 June 2025

Do sovereign sustainable bonds address the 'just transition'?

Analysis

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Despite headwinds, climate finance is moving - and London is leading

London Climate Action Week will cover a range of topics, from nature markets to industrial decarbonisation, from transition plans to financing for emerging markets, write Rhian-Mari Thomas and David Harris
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How the Gulf region is pivoting towards greener growth

Prompted by the energy transition, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is making a concerted effort to diversify away from fossil fuels, and financial institutions will be crucial to realising this transformation, write Gerald Dannhaeuser and Mehtap Ak-Sisman
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A Europe without a course

Despite the multitude of sustainability-related directives it produces, Europe struggles to articulate where it wants to go and what it believes in, writes Philippe Zaouati

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NatureMetrics: moving beyond eDNA

NatureMetrics is exploring new datasets to help cater for growing demand. Genevieve Redgrave reports
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Indonesia's green paradox

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  • EFRAG says it aims to cut ESRS by 50% as it unveils draft proposals

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  • High degree of variance in CSRD materiality assessments undermines comparability, ING says

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  • Tokyo Metropolitan Government plots €300m resilience bond

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  • GPIF vows to improve tracking of asset managers' stewardship activities

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  • GSAM: 'Compelling' EM sustainable bond opportunity, but 'strong engagement' needed

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  • Bregal Sphere backs Peruvian reforestation project

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  • Switzerland, Norway announce carbon removals-focussed ITMO programme

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  • NatWest Cushon picks Aviva Investors for first natural capital investment

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  • Nigeria makes green bond return after six-year hiatus

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Catalysing sustainable growth: how CGIF unlocks bond markets in the ASEAN+3 region

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  9. Sustainable debt round-up: IDA, Covivio, Togo ... and more
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Focus on Asia Pacific

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26 June 2025, 9:30 AM

Sustainable Debt Asia 2025

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Japan's transition bonds: 'The reception has improved dramatically'

Investors welcomed assurances that Japan's transition bonds promote energy security and competitiveness, the country says as it readies more deals. Michael Hurley reports

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Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards 2025

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Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards celebrate the leading green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked bond and loan deals and recognise market innovations. The winners have been revealed.

Supporting Japan's transition

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Taking a global view of the climate transition

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Personality of the year: Bodo Winkler-Viti, Berlin Hyp

Berlin Hyp funding and investor relations head Bodo Winkler-Viti has secured the 'Personality of the year' award at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards 2025 for his role as a "true pioneer" in sustainable debt markets for a decade.

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The Future of ESG Data EMEA

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Flood risk in financial markets: Using geospatial data for informed decision making

Fathom, in partnership with Environmental Finance, has brought together experts from organisations across financial services in this state-of-the-market webinar on flood risk.

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Regional share of issuance over time

The past five years have seen the regional making of sustainable bond issuance shift in the face of global dynamics. In 2020 supranational issuance surged in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, yet receded as Asian issuance grew and European issuance dominated while North American issuance fluctuated between 2020 and 2025.

However Q1 2025 has seen a large drop off in the share of both North American and Asian issuance in the face of economic uncertainty, and in the US particularly – political backlash to sustainable financing. Conversely the share of supranational issuance has returned to similar levels as in 2020, with a quarter of the market compared to 26% in 2020. Meanwhile Middle Eastern issuance, which accounted for only 0.66% of the sustainable bond market in 2020 now accounts for 2.2% in the first quarter of 2025.

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