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This guide outlines the capacity building and technical assistance services provided by the Climate Bonds Initiative to help governments, municipalities, national development banks, and corporate entities issue climate-related labelled bonds and other sustainable debt instruments.

The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) submitted comments on December 20, 2017, regarding the World Bank's Draft Guidance Notes for the Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) of the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). CIEL argues that the Guidance Notes are "severely lacking in substance" and often merely reiterate the standards or use vague language rather than providing the detailed implementation guidance necessary to prevent harm to people and the environment.