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This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and EsgSolution analyzes the state of green finance policy in China in 2021, focusing on the alignment of green bond standards with carbon neutrality goals, the impact of regional policies, and the expectations of market stakeholders.

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) provides a framework for financial institutions to evaluate the credibility of climate transition plans from their counterparties. It emphasizes that because the vast majority of financial institutions' emissions reside in their portfolios, active engagement with counterparties is essential to achieve real-economy results aligned with the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), funded by UK PACT, examines the development, unification, and implementation of green taxonomies globally. It focuses on the methodologies used to define green economic activities, compares the frameworks of the European Union and China, and discusses the 'Common Ground Taxonomy' designed to improve interoperability between these two major markets to facilitate cross-border green capital flows.

This report by RMI proposes the inclusion of electric vehicles (EVs) within India's Priority Sector Lending (PSL) guidelines to address financing gaps and risks that currently hinder retail EV adoption.

This fact sheet by the Climate Bonds Initiative outlines five collective actions required to increase annual green bond issuance to USD 5 trillion by 2025 to effectively address climate change risks.

The Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) has introduced the Framework for Sustainable Finance Integrity to establish universal sustainability guardrails for the global financial system. The Framework aims to address the lack of a standardized system for tracking the integrity of net-zero commitments and coordinating action between public and private financial actors to meet the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals.

This research paper compares the growth of green bond markets in Sweden and Norway between 2013 and 2019 to identify drivers of market uptake and transferable success factors for other countries.

The report proposes a 'Cooling as a Service' (CaaS) model for India to provide smallholder farmers with affordable, clean, decentralized cold storage via a pay-as-you-go system. Supported by the 'Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant' (VCCA) app for price and shelf-life analytics, the model aims to reduce food waste and increase farmer incomes by an estimated 36%. Pilot projects in Bihar and Himachal Pradesh are designed to test viability, with long-term targets of mobilizing USD 200 million and benefiting 1.5 million farmers.

This briefing from the Stockholm Environment Institute outlines six insights for investors aiming to align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement's net-zero goals. It argues that while divestment is a common strategy, investors may achieve greater impact by using their financial power to coordinate the decarbonization of four high-emitting sectors: oil and gas, agricultural commodities, steel, and cement.

This discussion paper by the Climate Bonds Initiative proposes a framework to evaluate the credibility of corporate decarbonization transitions to prevent greenwashing in sustainable finance. It introduces five 'hallmarks' of a credible transition—Paris-aligned goals, robust plans, implementation action, internal monitoring, and external reporting—and suggests a certification system to categorize companies as 'Green Transition' or 'Interim Transition'.

The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) proposes a framework to evaluate the credibility of corporate decarbonization transitions to prevent greenwashing in sustainable finance. The proposal introduces five essential attributes for a credible transition: Paris Agreement-aligned goals, robust plans, implementation action, internal monitoring, and external reporting. The CBI intends to expand its certification scheme beyond Use-of-Proceeds (UoP) bonds to include Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs) and Sustainability-Linked Loans (SLLs), as well as certifying companies' overall transition agendas.

The 2020 China Green Bond Market Report, published by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the CCDC Research Center, analyzes the performance and policy landscape of China's green, social, and sustainable bond markets. It highlights a decline in green bond issuance in 2020 due to the pandemic, the emergence of pandemic-response bonds, and the ongoing effort to align domestic green definitions with international standards.

This briefing by the South African Institute of International Affairs examines the role of 'other effective area-based conservation measures' (OECMs) in Africa. It argues that OECMs, which are sites outside formal protected areas managed to deliver long-term biodiversity and socio-economic benefits, are essential for engaging local communities and achieving biodiversity targets. Through case studies in South Africa and Kenya, the document demonstrates how community-private sector partnerships can create sustainable livelihoods while protecting ecosystems, and calls for African governments to align on a community-centred conservation agenda for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP.

The FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label (SI Label) is a voluntary, globally applicable framework designed to identify infrastructure projects with significant positive sustainability performance. It aims to transform sustainable infrastructure into a mainstream, liquid asset class by providing a standardized set of requirements for developers and operators to demonstrate positive impacts and attract investors.

The Framework for Sustainable Finance Integrity is a consultation draft by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) designed to provide guardrails, minimum benchmarks, and leadership benchmarks to ensure the financial sector's transition to net zero and sustainability is credible and impactful. It addresses the lack of universally accepted standards and the siloed nature of existing financial coalitions, proposing a structured approach to measure progress across targets, implementation, and transparency.

The Hong Kong Green Bond Market Briefing 2020 provides an analysis of green bond and loan activity in Hong Kong for the year 2020, detailing issuance volumes, sector allocations, and the broader sustainable finance ecosystem including the Greater Bay Area.

The Nordic sustainable bond market reached a cumulative volume of USD 88.2bn by the end of 2020, representing 5% of the global Green, Social, and Sustainability (GSS) market. Green bonds dominate the region, accounting for 96% of the total GSS volume, with Sweden leading in issuance. The market is characterized by high transparency, with 99% of volume benefiting from external reviews and a strong presence of corporate and public sector issuers.

This briefing by the Climate Bonds Initiative explores the potential for using green and sustainable bonds to finance low-carbon transport (LCT) in Mexico. It highlights the transport sector's significant contribution to national greenhouse gas emissions and identifies specific infrastructure projects and corporate initiatives that could benefit from green financing to meet Mexico's climate goals, including its unique commitment to reduce black carbon.

This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute maps the green bond landscape in Africa as of January 2021. It identifies the market as nascent and underdeveloped, dominated by a few states and entities, and outlines the structural barriers and opportunities for scaling up green finance to meet climate mitigation and adaptation needs across the continent.

This research paper examines the relationship between green bond financing and the climate targets of the twenty largest European green bond issuers in 2018, finding a disconnect between the two and a lack of pressure to meet science-based targets.