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Last updated 7 Aug 2019

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Green bonds are one increasingly popular option for the financing of investments that provide environmental benefits such as the funding of renewable energy projects, transport infrastructure and measures to increase the resilience of communities to the impact of climate change.

A growing number of national and regional governments are considering issuing green bonds and some economists have argued that the central bank strategy of quantitative easing (QE) could and should be amended to allow a central bank to create money to purchase newly-issued green bonds. Despite the recent expansion, green bonds remain a very small percentage of the total global bond market.

Scotia is the latest Canadian bank to make its debut in the green bond market https://t.co/5gUMiN2JXj
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) July 15, 2019

Creating a vibrant green bond market in the #Philippines.

Find out how @IFC_org and BDO Unibank are financing climate-smart projects for sustainable business → https://t.co/HsR7aVH48D | #IFCimpact pic.twitter.com/8qaUnpGvFP
— World Bank Group Climate and Environment (@WBG_ClimateEnv) July 17, 2019

AES Tietê became the first company in #Brazil to issue #solar project debentures with Green Bond certification. The raised funds raised will be used for its Guaimbê and Ouroeste solar plants, currently the largest in São Paulo. #greenerenergyfuture pic.twitter.com/lKIht29ZLC
— The AES Corporation (@TheAESCorp) July 17, 2019

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