Green Bonds

Green Bonds.  Green Bonds can be used to mobilize climate finance at scale by attracting investment from institutional investors and pension funds for both mitigation and adaptation projects.  Examples of where Green Bonds have been used successfully to mobilize climate finance for urban projects include: Cape Town; Johannesburg; Paris, and Tokyo. A Green Bond is a fixed-income instrument designed to support specific climate-related or environmental projects.  Green Bonds may come with tax incentives to enhance their attractiveness to some investors.  Also known as Climate Bonds, Sustainable Bonds.  “How to Issue a Green City Bond: The Green City Bonds Overview”  Dec. 2015. www.c40knowledgehub.org  “US Green City Bonds Coalition” www.climatebonds.net  “How to Decide if Green Bonds Are Right For Your City”  April 2022. www.c40knowledgehub.org