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
Speakers
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
Check-in and coffee
9:30-10:00Agenda
Introduction by Chair
10:00-10:05- Chair: Jeromin Zettelmeyer, 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
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.
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