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25 November 2020

UK hops on the sovereign green bond bandwagon, at last

On November 9, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced that the UK would issue its first sovereign green bond […]
22 March 2021

Chile in the Wake of COVID-19: Adjustments to the Financing Strategy and Commitment to Climate Action

The COVID-19 pandemic roiled financial markets, triggering important capital outflows in emerging markets. This increased the financing challenges at a […]
21 September 2022

[POLICY BRIEF] ODIOUS DEBT OR ESG: CURTAILING THE ACCESS TO DEBT MARKETS FOR DESPOTS

Current geopolitical tensions are spilling over to sovereign debt markets. They raise questions related to technical defaults, willingness versus ability […]
28 November 2022

[POLICY BRIEF] FINANCE, CLIMATE, AND THE WORLD BANK

At the recent COP 27 in Sharm El Sheikh, climate negotiations have mainly focused on the “finance” dimension. From the […]