Download or read book Green Finance and Investment Financing Uzbekistan s Green Transition Capital Market Development and Opportunities for Green Bond Issuance written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-07 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explores the current market and institutional set-up in Uzbekistan, the reforms that have led to recent issuances of both sovereign and corporate thematic bonds, and the remaining barriers to further uptake of the instrument.

Download or read book Green Finance for Asian State Owned Enterprises written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State-owned enterprises (SOEs) can play a key transformative role in the green transition needed to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. This report explores how these SOEs can develop and deploy sustainable financial instruments to aid in this transition. To accelerate the successful adoption of green finance tools, the report examines how SOEs can resolve governance and capacity gaps to make better use of green capital markets, enabling a healthier environment and a more resilient future.

Download or read book OECD Green Growth Studies Green Economy Transition in Eastern Europe the Caucasus and Central Asia Progress and Ways Forward written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1990’s, the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) have made great progress in pursuing economic development that is also environmentally sustainable. The countries, in collaboration with the GREEN Action Task Force hosted by the OECD, has developed a number of policies aiming to improve environmental quality and social well-being, while creating opportunities for strong economic growth and decent jobs in the region.

Download or read book Green Finance and Investment Mobilising Bond Markets for a Low Carbon Transition written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the development of the green bond market as an innovative instrument for green finance, and provides a review of policy actions and options to promote further market development and growth. Since 2007-08, so-called “green bonds” have emerged and the market has risen from ...

Download or read book Catalyzing Green Finance written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A large financing need challenges climate-adjusted infrastructure in developing Asia, estimated at $26 trillion till 2030. This necessitates crowding-in private sources to meet financing, efficiency, and technology gaps. However, a lack of bankable projects is a major hurdle. This publication suggests one possible innovative financing approach. The Green Finance Catalyzing Facility (GFCF) proposes a blended finance framework for governments and development entities to better leverage development funds for risk mitigation, generate a pipeline of bankable green infrastructure projects, and directly catalyze private finance. The GFCF provides useful inputs for the current debate on mainstreaming green finance into country financial systems.

Download or read book New Uzbekistan written by Bakhrom Mirkasimov and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews and analyses the comprehensive socioeconomic reforms undertaken in Uzbekistan since 2016 by the government led by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The volume takes the reader through the different sectors of the economy and the effects of reforms on the country’s citizens. The various developments are detailed, examining the gains and the gaps in terms of policy and implementation. Using the broad tools of economics and, in particular, of development economics, the authors present evidence to drive their conclusions and recommendations, and also draw on comparative cases from policy and practice to illustrate alternative approaches and results from measures in other transition countries. Implementing Uzbekistan’s ambitious economic transformation into a market economy is a challenging process that takes time. This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the government’s reform areas, including the macroeconomic fundamentals, business and investment climate, the energy, transport, health, education, social protection, financial, banking and agriculture sectors, regional trade, tourism and transport connectivity, reform of state-owned enterprises, as well as public services, citizen engagement and gender equality.

Download or read book Promoting Green Local Currency Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN 3 written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asian Development Bank and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) are looking to explore options to promote green local currency-denominated bonds to meet the region's infrastructure development needs. Green bonds---supported within the ASEAN+3 framework---would help meet the long-term financing of the region especially in its transition to a low-carbon region. This publication highlights an assessment study of green bond markets in ASEAN+3, identifies the barriers to green bond market development, and proposes recommendations to scale up green bond markets for infrastructure development in ASEAN+3.

Download or read book Transforming Green Bond Markets written by Juan Antonio Ketterer and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite exhibiting remarkable growth, the green bond market still represents less than 1 percent of the global bond market. This paper identifies two challenges that might slow the adoption of green bonds and presents a menu of responses that policymakers, regulators, and public financial institutions can use to offset these challenges. Specifically, it explores two key dimensions: (i) the risk profile of the green bond instrument and (ii) the transaction costs associated with issuance of and reporting on green bonds. New approaches to risk design and technology-based approaches are essential to untap the potential of green bond markets, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean and other developing regions. The incorporation of financial mechanisms such as covered bonds and guarantees can adequately address the risk of the issues, making the market more attractive for investors. Enhanced regulation and education and leveraging efficiencies of new technologies such as distributed ledger technologies can substantially reduce monitoring and reporting costs, while improving transparency in the use of proceeds and market integrity.

Download or read book Asia Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2022 written by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2022-07-04 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report is a recurrent ESCAP annual publication that discusses issues of interest for Asia-Pacific least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), collectively referred to as countries with special needs (CSN). The 2022 edition of the report, with its theme of "Financing a Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 and Beyond", highlights the significant financing needs and gaps that these countries face in their recovery efforts from COVID-19 and in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. It also also examines policy options to mobilize financial resources in these countries for that purpose.

Download or read book Detailed Guidance for Issuing Green Bonds in Developing Countries written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidance note aims to help bond issuers and their advisors to understand the process and key considerations for a successful green bond issuance. Demand for green bonds and other sustainable finance products is increasing rapidly, and issuers are seeing an opportunity to be part of the green bond market. This publication covers all the steps required to follow best practices in labeling bonds as green. It includes examples, links to further details, and key resources for green bond issuers and their deal teams.

Download or read book Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report explores green bonds and other finance instruments for climate-resilient infrastructure to help meet the growing demand for green investments and achieve a low carbon economy in Indonesia. The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) consulted with experts in partnership with ADB, the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility, and PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur under Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance in preparing this updated report, following previous editions published in 2018 and 2019. It as part of a series of reports for various countries developed by CBI to promote green financing among various stakeholders and development partners in the public and private sectors, including project owners and developers, institutional investors, asset managers, financial institutions, government bodies, and international organizations.

Download or read book Energy Transitions in the Middle East written by Katherine Wolff and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do Middle East energy transitions fit into international energy markets? In this book, energy analysts, geopolitical experts and specialists of political economy examine the new energy potential in the Middle East. The particular focus surrounds how the region's access to finance, combined with the new global regulations and considerations of economic development, shape the region's energy transitions overall. The Middle East is revealed to be a key site of new energy production, sharing and transmission as well as technology innovation. At the same time, the authors examine the variables that determine the success in each country and energy source, including the advantages that hydrocarbon producers will have in renewables and transition fuels, and the risk that these might slow down the energy transition overall. In doing so, the book situates the energy transition in the Middle East in a broader context of economic development, financing models, and regulations, and explains how this context interacts with the development of new energy sources. Energy Transitions in the Middle East is an account of the challenges Middle Eastern states will face in navigating the global energy transition, as well as their key areas of opportunity.

Download or read book Preparing Financial Sectors for a Green Future written by Bozena Radzewicz-Bak and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The financial sectors of the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) countries should play an important role in supporting climate-related policies for the region. The sectors are vulnerable to downside risks from climate-related shocks and at the same time offer the potential to help fill the financing gap for needed adaptation and mitigation strategies. Successful approaches to climate change in the region therefore need to coherently integrate financial sector strategies within the overall policy framework to meet this important challenge. To this end, policymakers must ensure that financial sectors are prepared for a green future. This means enhancing the resilience of banks to physical and transition risks from climate change and boosting the capacity of insurance sectors to speed recovery from climate-related disasters and help offset economic costs. Moreover, policies are needed to foster an enabling environment for private green finance, attract investment from other official entities, such as sovereign wealth funds (SWF), and facilitate support from international financial institutions and multilateral development banks. In the near term, policy efforts should center around better understanding and measuring climate-related risks. This includes prioritizing the implementation of methodologies for quantifying and reporting such risks, promoting their transparent disclosure by financial institutions, and strengthening frameworks for their forecasting and analyzing. Over the medium term, governments can play an important role in supporting green finance through incentives and market mechanisms, phasing-out energy subsidies, and introducing new tools and markets (such as carbon pricing frameworks), which can stimulate demand for investment in green technologies. The paper offers a unique regional perspective on climate risks in ME&CA's financial sectors and outlines the road ahead in transitioning to a green future. It is the first to evaluate the impact of climate change on banking institutions in the region and assess the capacity of insurance in mitigating climate-related damages and losses. It contributes to the existing literature by synthesizing the size and nature of regional financing needs for adaptation and mitigation and discussing both opportunities and challenges for the development of green finance. The paper's policy recommendations provide guidance to policymakers on how to develop regulatory responses to enhance financial sustainability amid climate change risks.

Download or read book Sovereign ESG Bond Issuance A Guidance Note for Sovereign Debt Managers written by Peter Lindner and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2023-03-10 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper aims to provide guidance to issuers of sovereign ESG bonds, with a focus on Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs). An overview of the ESG financing options available to sovereign issuers is followed by an analysis of the operational requirements and costs that the issuance of sovereign ESG bonds entails. While green bonds are the instruments used to describe the issuance process, the paper also covers alternative instruments, including social and sustainability-linked bonds to provide issuers and other stakeholders with a comprehensive view of the ESG bond marketplace.

Download or read book Green Bond Market Survey for Indonesia written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides an overview of institutional investors’ interest in green bonds issued in Indonesia, along with an assessment of the perspectives of local arrangers and underwriters on their clients’ interest in green bond issuances. It presents the results of a survey to help identify drivers, impediments, and development priorities for Indonesia’s sustainable finance market. The findings serve as a resource to inform action to accelerate the market’s development. The publication was prepared in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute.

Download or read book Green Finance and Investment Mobilising Finance for Climate Action in Georgia written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses key issues surrounding finance mobilisation for achieving Georgia’s climate change and green growth targets, and new investment opportunities for developing its capital market. The report focuses particularly on finance for climate change mitigation from various sources – ...

Download or read book Enviroment in Times of War written by Aldo Ferrari and published by Ledizioni. This book was released on 2022-07-27 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been devastating both politically and environmentally. On top of the environmental damage directly caused by military operations, the invasion has put an abrupt end to the EU-Russia “green cooperation”, which had previously raised many hopes. At the same time, it has also shifted international attention away from climate and environmental concerns, which are particularly acute in the post-Soviet region.This Report analyses some of the main climate change and environmental issues in the post-Soviet space, providing an initial assessment of the invasion’s impact. The bulk of the latest scholarly and policy production on these matters focuses on Russia – given the country’s geopolitical and energy relevance. However, this analysis finds that environmental disasters such as the desertification of the Aral Sea transcend state borders and require a broader approach both from an analytic and policy standpoint.