Funding the Green Deal: green bonds and alternative options for EU sovereign debt managers

Invitation-only roundtable to discuss the EU public sector green bond market

Time and location: 7 February 2023 11:00-12:30 Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels
Contact: Matilda Sevón

Speakers

Daniel Hardy

Senior Research Associate, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies

Catarina Martins

PhD Student, Stockholm School of Economics

Jessica Pulay

Co-Head Policy and Markets, UK Debt Management Office

Antonina Scheer

Policy Fellow – Research Project Lead (Transition Pathway Initiative), Grantham Institute, London School of Economics

Agenda

Check-in and coffee

9:30-10:00

Agenda

Introduction by Chair

10:00-10:05

Chair: Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel Director

Agenda

The record of sovereign green bonds in the EU

10:05-10:45

Daniel Hardy, Senior Research Associate, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
Jessica Pulay, Co-Head Policy and Markets, UK Debt Management Office
Antonina Scheer, Policy Fellow – Research Project Lead (Transition Pathway Initiative), Grantham Institute, London School of Economics

Agenda

Sovereign sustainability-linked bonds

10:45-11:30

Alexander Lehmann, Non-resident fellow
Catarina Martins, PhD Student, Stockholm School of Economics

This invitation-only event will assess the state of the EU public sector green bond market. We will also examine alternative options, in particular sustainability-linked bonds, based on national climate commitments and transition plans.

This is an invitation-only off-the-record event open only to Bruegel Members and a small number of selected invitees.

Keyword: European Green Deal public debt sustainable finance
Language: English