Green Bonds Overview Resources

• International Capital Market Association’s Green Bond Principles
• Asian Development Bank’s “Green Bonds in 2 Minutes”
• The World Bank’s “The World’s First Green Bond”

Types of Green Bonds Resources

• International Finance Corporation’s “Guidance for Sovereign Green Bond Issuers: With Lesson’s from Fiji’s First Emerging Economy Sovereign Green Bond”
• Information and examples of sovereign green bonds in Climate Bond Initiative’s Sovereign Green Bond Briefing
• Green Bond Pledge’s “How to Issue a Green Muni Bond: A Step-By-Step Guide”

Framework, Labeling, Certification, Verification, Standards Resources

• Green Bond Pledge’s “How to Issue a Green Muni Bond: A Step-by-Step Guide”
• International Finance Corporation’s – Guidance for Sovereign Green Bond Issuers
• CBI’s emerging market report – Roadmap with Common Milestones
• CBI’s Impact Reporting & Green Bonds
• ICMA’s ‘Handbook – Harmonized Framework for Impact Reporting’

Additional Resources

• Climate Bond Initiative’s “2018 State of the Market Report”
• Climate Bond Initiative’s “Growing Green Bond Markets: The development of taxonomies to identify green asset
• Climate Bond’s Bond Library
• STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES
  • Green Bond Pledge – How to Issue a Green Muni Bond: A Step-by-Step Guide
  • IFC – Guidance for Sovereign Green Bond Issuers
  • CBI’s emerging market report – Roadmap with Common Milestones

Implementation Resources

The members of the Global Green Bond Partnership have a variety of resources available to assist sub-national and national governments in the design and implementation of a green bond program. Contact info@ggbp.org for more information.