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The Buildings Criteria, published by the Climate Bonds Initiative on December 7, 2023, establishes the eligibility requirements for buildings and built environment projects to achieve Climate Bonds Certification. The criteria focus on climate change mitigation, providing pathways for Use-of-Proceeds instruments, Assets, Sustainability-Linked Debt (SLD), and Entities to demonstrate climate integrity through absolute or relative emissions performance improvements.

This FAQ document provides guidance on the Low Carbon Building Criteria under the Climate Bonds Standard v4.0. It details the eligibility of residential, commercial, and built environment assets for green bond certification, outlining the pathways to achieve net-zero by 2050 and the specific requirements for new buildings, including the prohibition of fossil fuels and mandatory Whole Life Carbon Assessments.

This guide, prepared by the Climate Bonds Initiative, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Green Climate Fund, provides a step-by-step framework for corporate issuers to finance their climate transition using thematic bonds. It details the process of creating a credible transition plan, selecting appropriate debt labels—such as green, sustainability, or sustainability-linked bonds—and establishing a sustainable financing framework to ensure alignment with the Paris Agreement goals.

This briefing paper by the Climate Bonds Initiative analyzes the state of sustainable finance in Brazil's agricultural sector as of June 2023. It details the growth of the Green, Social, Sustainability, and Transition (GSS+) debt market, the specific use of proceeds for forestry, agriculture, livestock, and bioenergy, and the role of national policies and international regulations in driving decarbonization.

The Buildings Criteria - Background Paper provides the technical rationale and methodology for the Climate Bonds Standard's eligibility criteria for low-carbon buildings. It establishes a framework to align building investments with a 1.5-degree Celsius warming scenario by focusing on emissions intensity trajectories, the electrification of heating and cooling, and the mandatory reporting of Whole Life Carbon Assessments (WLCA) for new constructions to address embodied carbon.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) provides a comprehensive mapping of climate finance flows for land use in Brazil from 2015 to 2020. It quantifies resources directed toward agriculture and forests aligned with mitigation and adaptation goals, identifying sources, disbursement channels, financial instruments, and sectors. The analysis reveals a heavy reliance on domestic resources and public policy-driven private credit, while highlighting significant gaps in international funding and transparency regarding private sector investments.

The 'Hydrogen Criteria' document, published by the Climate Bonds Initiative in August 2023, establishes a draft framework for certifying hydrogen-related assets, projects, and entities. It defines eligibility for Use-of-Proceeds (UoP) bonds, Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs), and entity certifications across the hydrogen value chain, including production, conditioning, transportation, and storage. The criteria focus on strict greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity thresholds, mandatory adaptation and resilience assessments, and specific technical requirements for different production pathways.

This report provides a technical comparison between the Colombian Green Taxonomy and the EU Taxonomy as of June 2023. It evaluates the alignment of Technical Screening Criteria (TSC), Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) principles, and Minimum Safeguards (MS) across various economic sectors to facilitate cross-border financial flows and reduce research costs for international investors.

The Climate Bonds Guide to Certification outlines a voluntary labelling scheme designed to ensure investments are consistent with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. It provides a framework for certifying Use of Proceeds debt instruments, assets, and entities based on science-based eligibility criteria and independent verification.

The Hong Kong Green Market Briefing 2022, published by the Climate Bonds Initiative, analyzes the green, social, sustainability, transition, and sustainability-linked debt (GSS+) market in Hong Kong for 2022. It highlights a decline in GSS+ bond volumes from Hong Kong issuers amid macroeconomic challenges, while noting significant growth in GSS+ debt arranged and issued within the territory, particularly in the loan market. The report emphasizes the HKSAR Government's leadership in sovereign green bond issuance in the Asia Pacific region and Hong Kong's role as a primary offshore financing hub for Mainland China's green transition.

The 'China Sustainable Bond Market Report 2022', published by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) in collaboration with the China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd. (CCDC) and Industrial Securities Research, analyzes the development of China's green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked (SLB), and transition bond markets (GSS+) through the end of 2022.

The ASEAN Sustainable Finance State of the Market 2022 report by the Climate Bonds Initiative analyzes the green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked debt markets in the ASEAN region. It details a market contraction in 2022 due to global economic headwinds, while highlighting the leadership of Singapore and the increasing role of sovereign issuers in the region.

The China Sustainable Debt State of the Market Report 2022, published by the Climate Bonds Initiative, CCDC Research, and CIB Research, analyzes the growth and composition of China's green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked (SLB), and transition bond markets (GSS+) through the end of 2022.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative provides detailed blueprints for three types of financial aggregation instruments—municipal pooled procurement, municipal green bonds, and municipal insurance pooling—to help cities close the urban financing gap for climate infrastructure.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes the barriers and success factors for attracting private sector capital into urban climate investments in emerging economies. It identifies obstacles across macro, city, and project levels and provides a framework of recommendations for city governments, public sector partners, and private/third sector entities to improve local enabling conditions.

The Climate Bonds Standard Version 4.0 is a voluntary labelling scheme developed by the Climate Bonds Initiative to certify debt instruments, assets, and non-financial legal entities that align with the Paris Climate Agreement. It provides a science-based framework for certifying Use of Proceeds (UoP) instruments, specific physical assets, entities undergoing climate transition, and Sustainability-Linked Debt (SLD).

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative analyzes the sustainable securitization market in Brazil as of the third quarter of 2022. It examines the regulatory framework for asset-backed securities (ABS), the growth of themed debt instruments (Green, Social, Sustainability, and Sustainability-linked), and the specific potential for these tools to finance small-scale sustainable projects in agriculture, bioenergy, and infrastructure.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative provides an overview of the sustainable asset-backed securities (ABS) market in Brazil as of Q3 2022. It examines the regulatory framework, the role of various securitisation instruments like CRAs and CRIs, and the potential for these tools to scale investment in small-scale sustainable projects, particularly in agriculture and renewable energy.

This white paper by the Climate Bonds Initiative presents a blueprint for a climate resilience classification framework designed to mobilize capital market investment into climate-resilient assets, activities, and entities. It proposes a systematic approach to identify eligible investments based on their 'Substantial Contribution' to resilience while avoiding maladaptation and significant harm to other sustainability goals.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative analyzes the alignment of green, social, and sustainability bonds priced in the first nine months of 2022 with its database standards. While most issuance meets these criteria, a significant portion of labelled debt is excluded due to insufficient disclosure or a lack of ambition in the Use of Proceeds (UoP).