Sustainable finance

An Economic Analysis of Debt‑for‑Climate Swaps

This paper examines the economic case for debt-for-climate swaps: partial debt relief in return for climate investment/policies by the debtor country

Tax for climate finance should start with shipping

Emissions from international shipping are the most realistic target for taxes to pay for climate spending in developing countries.

Mobilising transition finance will require credible corporate climate plans

Many jurisdictions now require companies to demonstrate ‘climate alignment’; investors need tools to evaluate whether transition plans are credible

Taking up space

Being a woman in the financial sector can still be challenging, but change is (slowly) coming.

The potential of sovereign sustainability-linked bonds in the drive for net-zero

Sovereign SLBs could help incentivise climate policies in EU countries, and accelerate emission reductions.

Concessional climate finance: the Bridgetown Initiative

Five lessons from the Recovery and Resilience Facility for future crisis-response instruments

Presented as a new departure in EU policy-making, the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is now in its second year of implementation.

Success at COP27 will be defined by progress on climate finance and ‘loss and damage’

COP27 should create the basis of a global loss-and-damage fund to help vulnerable countries already suffering from climate disasters.

Mobilising EU investors to narrow the developing-country climate-finance gap

The EU needs to address through public and private funds the lack of private climate finance to low- and middle-income countries.

Owning up to sustainability risks: the EU should champion international standards

To keep European Union capital markets open and integrated, new international standards should be reflected in future European law.