In line with the Central Bank of Hungary's Green Program launched in February 2019, the consultation document Green Finance in Hungary explores the opportunities and focus points of expanding the Hungarian green finance segment. It also identifies potential barriers to segment growth, and channels the views of market players and other stakeholders into the domestic public discourse within the broader realm of bank's efforts to help meet the Paris Climate Agreement's goals.
The Country Progress Report - Vietnam situates Vietnam's sustainable banking journey within Sustainable Banking Network's Global Progress Report framework. The report assesses the country's emerging banking sector and calls for developing more practical guidance and encouraging local banks to learn from international good practices with regard to E&S risk management to further promote Vietnam's sustainable finance agenda.
The Sovereign Green Bonds Briefing is the latest in a new series of Climate Bonds publications analyzing contemporary developments in the green bond market. The focus is on sovereigns, new issuers in the green bond space, and their key role in growing local markets and meeting national climate targets.
The Renewables 2019 Global Status Report marks 15 years since Bonn2004, the landmark international conference that gave rise to the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21). Then, a “coalition of the willing” came together with one objective in mind: to support and accelerate the development of renewable energy. From the outset, REN21’s mandate has been to collect, consolidate and synthesise a vast body of renewable energy data to provide clear and reliable information on what is happening in real time. This mandate still holds today.
This report Sustainable Industrial Development in Punjab, Pakistan focuses on the industrial province of Punjab, Pakistan that is home to over half of the country’s population.