1 Introduction -- 2 Towards a European Green Bond Standard: A European initiative to promote sustainable finance -- 3 Member States sovereign green bond issuance and the development of local green bond markets in the EU -- 4 Issuing a green bond – a practical perspective -- 5 Issuing green...

Climate change is humanity’s defining problem for this century, and policymakers are trying to reform finance to aid in that goal. The flurry of activity is substantial, but is it enough? In this paper we assess the strength of the means chosen to make finance sustainable, by considering...