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City of Lights Takes Up Green-Bond Mantle as Acceptance Widens

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Paris, where 195 countries reached an international climate accord, is lending its name to a bond market that touts sustainable development, cleaner air and even affordable housing. The City of Lights is the latest entrant to a market HSBC Bank Plc forecasts will expand by $180 billion in 2018, representing a 44 percent increase over this year’s sales and bringing the amount outstanding to $463 billion. France’s capital wants to use…

INTERVIEW: SEAN KIDNEY, CEO OF THE CLIMATE BONDS INITIATIVE TELLS US WHY GOING GREEN IS GOOD

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative talks to Capital Markets in Africa about the role of Climate Bonds in financing Infrastructure and how Governments can support their Issuance. The Climate Bonds Initiative is an investor focused NGO working to mobilize debt capital markets for green investments. It works towards providing an ongoing platform for close interaction between governments, green infrastructure developers, development banks and the world’s largest investors. For Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds…