The green bonds market may be soaring but there is a long way to go

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Bridget Boulle of the Climate Bonds Initiative reveals how green bonds will prove critical to global efforts to decarbonise

Green Bonds have received a bit of press attention over the past year, with the total "labelled" green bond market growing from around $7bn this time last year to nearly $40bn now. We've just published...

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