Resources

November 26, 2024

This paper explores the integration of climate adaptation and natural capital into macroeconomic frameworks and debt...

November 22, 2024

This paper explores the integration of climate adaptation and natural capital into IMF macroeconomic frameworks and...

May 13, 2024

The SLB Handbook from the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute offers a practical overview of the SLB market.

March 20, 2024

This report provides an overview of developments, challenges and opportunities in the new sustainabilitylinked bond...

March 20, 2024

Here we explore the relationship between NDE categories, sovereign credit ratings, and resilience to global economic...

November 2, 2023

This paper explores possibilities of integrating the proceeds of natural capital into sovereign debt instruments.

October 12, 2023

Building on the TNFD’s recommendations and additional guidance, NatureFinance has developed tailored guidance...

September 19, 2023

SSDH carried out a survey among major institutional debt asset managers on Sovereign Sustainability-Linked Debt.

August 29, 2023

The World Bank's blog proposes solutions to reinvigorate the SLB market.

August 10, 2023

Moritz Kraemer argues that tailored SLBs can support incentives for conservation for governments in the Amazon region.

June 30, 2023

The report of an Independent Expert Group commissioned by the Indian G20 Presidency argues for a radical reform of MDBs.

June 15, 2023

Japan is looking to finance its decarbonisation program with transition bonds. AFII suggests sovereign SLBs instead.

March 31, 2023

A viable market for sustainability-linked debt can address the triple challenge of public debt distress, climate...

March 23, 2023

The Bruegel's report explores how sovereign SLBs could incentivise climate policies and emission reductions in the EU.

January 25, 2023

The Landscaping Review explores the role that credit enhancement can play in sustainability-linked sovereign debt.

December 14, 2022

This blog from the World Bank discusses the future of sustainability-linked financing.

October 29, 2022

AFII's paper analyses Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs) through a risk-neutral present value scenario approach...

September 7, 2022

The Sustainability-linked Sovereign Debt Hub (SSDH) creates both an inclusive cooperative space...

August 12, 2022

This paper compares debt-for-climate swaps—partial debt relief operations conditional on debtor commitments to undertake

July 11, 2022

This report highlights the importance of integrating nature-related risks into debt sustainability frameworks for...

June 28, 2022

This blog is part two of a two-part blog series. The previous blog describes the Brazilian context and the difficulties

June 27, 2022

This blog is part one of a two-part blog series. This blog describes the Brazilian context and the difficulties with pur

June 23, 2022

Biodiversity loss and environmental degradation can have material impact on sovereign creditworthiness. Current methodol

April 5, 2022

Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute's review illustrates how to price the optionality value in the SLB...

March 23, 2022

The World Bank’s USD 150 million Wildlife Conservation Bond (WCB) is a first-of-its-kind outcome-based bond that...

March 3, 2022

Sovereign bond markets need to quickly and radically innovate in order to successfully integrate climate- and nature...

January 18, 2022

The coronavirus pandemic has renewed interest in sustainable investing strategies that allow investors to both protect t

January 6, 2022

A new World Bank report - Striking the Right Note : Key Performance Indicators for Sovereign Sustainability-Linked...

November 1, 2021

As countries grapple with the triple crisis of debt, climate change and nature loss, compounded by the impacts of the...

November 1, 2021

In November 2021, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Government of Belize (Belize) announced the completion of a...

October 18, 2021

This report explores the global landscape of the Green, Social, Sustainability and Sustainability-linked (GSSS) Bond...

July 29, 2021

Performance-based debt instruments have the potential to transform the way nature, climate and other sustainability...

June 30, 2021

The Economic Case for Nature is part of a series of papers by the World Bank that lays out the economic rationale for...

February 1, 2021

Final Report of the Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta.

June 1, 2020

Sustainability-Linked Bonds (“SLBs”) aim to further develop the key role that debt markets can play in funding...

March 1, 2018

In March 2018, as part of its Long Finance initiative, Z/Yen published the first edition of the Global Green Finance...

January 20, 2016

The objective of this report is to identify financial product structures that have the potential to establish...