{"id":22171,"date":"2015-05-06T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T09:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rtcc.org\/?p=22171"},"modified":"2015-05-06T10:30:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T09:30:51","slug":"could-green-bonds-offer-a-home-for-capital-fleeing-fossil-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/05\/06\/could-green-bonds-offer-a-home-for-capital-fleeing-fossil-fuels\/","title":{"rendered":"Could green bonds offer a home for capital fleeing fossil fuels?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>Bonds financed German reunification and Japan&#8217;s nuclear fleet &#8211; why not the low carbon transition?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22172\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22172\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22172\" alt=\"Investment in railways reduces demand for more-polluting car and plane travel (Pic: Flickr\/Jon Curnow)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/high-speed-train-600x337.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/high-speed-train-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/high-speed-train-112x63.jpg 112w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/high-speed-train-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2015\/05\/high-speed-train.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Investment in railways reduces demand for more-polluting car and plane travel (Pic: Flickr\/Jon Curnow)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtcc_megan\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Darby<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, it was \u201cGerman Unity\u201d bonds that met a multi-billion Deutschmark need for investment in East Germany.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Japan used bonds to finance \u2013 for better or worse \u2013 a fleet of nuclear power plants in the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Today, says Sean Kidney, governments face a comparable challenge: \u201cWe need to see a green infrastructure revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Climate Bonds Initiative chief argues policymakers can mobilise finance through the bond markets without splashing taxpayers\u2019 cash.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014 banks and corporations issued US$36.6 billion of bonds labelled \u201cgreen\u201d, the CBI estimates.<\/p>\n<p>Kidney hopes to see that almost triple in 2015, as countries push for a global climate deal in Paris this December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a hundred billion in 2015 to go to the Paris COP and get the attention of our governments,\u201d he says at a forum in London.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/04\/08\/indias-fourth-largest-private-bank-stakes-its-money-on-renewables\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Interview:<\/strong> Is this India&#8217;s greenest bank?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is still a fraction of the US$100 trillion value of the global bond market, but would demonstrate a demand for climate-friendly investment.<\/p>\n<p>The year has started slowly, with just US$8.7 billion issued in the first quarter, but shows an increasingly diverse market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/02\/19\/yes-bank-issues-indias-first-green-bond\/\" target=\"_blank\">India&#8217;s first green bond<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0US$250 million for renewable energy projects &#8211; has got people excited about the potential to crack Asia&#8217;s emerging markets.\u00a0CBI expects to see China getting in on the act mid-year.<\/p>\n<p>Bond issuers can be governments, multi-national banks or corporations. Buyers can be pension, insurance or sovereign wealth funds \u2013 any institution that wants a safe place to put its money, with fixed returns.<\/p>\n<p>The projects should lock in lower carbon emissions: energy efficient buildings, public transport and clean energy.<\/p>\n<p>Some US$45 trillion of investment is needed 2015-2030 in energy infrastructure alone, according to the seminal New Climate Economy <a href=\"http:\/\/newclimateeconomy.report\/\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And developed countries are aiming to mobilise US$100 billion a year by 2020 to support climate action in poor parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>It has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/04\/24\/print-money-for-climate-finance-central-banks-told\/\" target=\"_blank\">suggested<\/a> the UN&#8217;s\u00a0flagship Green Climate Fund could issue bonds towards that goal. Experts say that is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/03\/23\/what-next-for-the-green-climate-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\">not immediately viable<\/a>, but the fund could act as a matchmaker for between other institutions and suitable projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top of the agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abigail Herron, head of responsible investment at Aviva, says plans to issue a green bond are often top of the agenda now when she meets companies.<\/p>\n<p>Green bonds are attractive to an investment community increasingly concerned fossil fuel assets could be stranded by climate action.<\/p>\n<p>Churches, universities and cities are pulling finance out of coal, oil and gas companies to stigmatise those profiting from climate damage.<\/p>\n<p>While divestment is not feasible for institutional investors, they can put pressure on firms to move away from the most polluting projects.<\/p>\n<p>Aviva is a member of the \u201cAiming for A\u201d coalition that filed a successful shareholder resolution <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/04\/16\/bp-adopts-climate-risk-proposal-after-shareholder-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\">compelling<\/a> BP to reveal its exposure to climate risk.<\/p>\n<p>At the AGM last month, BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg opened with a 10-minute speech on climate change, followed by an hour\u2019s debate on the amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never been to an AGM where the board has had such a grilling,\u201d says Herron. The resolution was passed with an \u201cunprecedented\u201d 98% of shareholders in favour.<\/p>\n<p>While the move focused on disclosure, Herron says \u201cthere was an unspoken expectation that action would follow. It was the first wave of a campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/04\/27\/pension-funds-failing-to-manage-climate-risk-could-get-sued\/#sthash.rGW1uZmR.dpuf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Report:<\/strong> Pension funds failing to manage climate risk could get sued<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not all institutional investors are so progressive, however. The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) revealed last month 85% of the 500 biggest funds are doing little or nothing to manage climate risk.<\/p>\n<p>Together with Client Earth, they are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/04\/27\/pension-funds-failing-to-manage-climate-risk-could-get-sued\/\" target=\"_blank\">preparing to take legal action<\/a> against a pension fund that refuses to engage with the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Tesco, Rolls Royce and the UK Parliament are among the UK pension schemes to get AODP\u2019s lowest possible rating, and could be sued for failing to protect their members\u2019 retirement pots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat adds a little bit of spice to the equation,\u201d says Mike Clark of Russell Investments. \u201cAsset owners are increasingly interested in where the capital is flowing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLOG: Bonds financed German reunification and Japan&#8217;s nuclear fleet &#8211; why not the low carbon transition? 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