Event organised jointly by the OECD and Bloomberg, in association with ICMA and the Green Bond Principles and the Climate Bonds Initiative.
Annual issuance of labelled green bonds tripled from 11 billion in 2013 to reach USD 36.6 billion in 2014, and issuance is expected to grow further in 2015 with USD 39 billion issued by mid-November 2015. The broader “climate-aligned” bond market was valued at USD 600 billion in 2014.
Green bonds have been the subject of increasing government, investor and media interest and expectations due in part to this explosive growth in the market, but also to the success of the Green Bond Principles, the self-regulatory initiative designed to promote transparency and disclosure in the market; and the Climate Bonds Initiative’s Climate Bond Standards; among other market and government-led efforts. The prospect may now exist to align formidable low carbon investment requirements with the trillions of dollars held in global bond markets and in the hands of institutional investors.
In this defining year for climate change policy and low-carbon investment, and in the margins of the end of the final week of COP 21, green bond market participants and their representatives, senior government officials and others gathered for a targeted discussion on the future of the market. Following the opening remarks, a roundtable discussion open to all participants examined the implications of COP 21 as well as the actions that policy makers and the private sector are taking, and need to take, to facilitate and support a green bond market that matures with integrity.
AGENDA
10:45 Keynote remarks |
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11:15 Partner remarks |
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11:30 Roundtable discussion moderated by Simon Buckle, Head, Environment Directorate, OECD |
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13:00 Meeting adjourns |
GREEN BONDS - POLICY PERSPECTIVES
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