Pathway 2.

Cross-Cutting Approaches to Reducing Emissions → Financing Large-Scale Projects

2.4.5 Green Bonds

LPDD Recommendation: “Local governments, States, and the federal government should support financing of carbon reducing technologies through the issuance of green bonds.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Accrediting agencies such as Moody’s and the International Capital Market Association should adopt improved green bond standards more closely tied to guaranteed and achieved carbon performance.”

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LPDD Model Law: Federal Green Private Activity Bonds Act

Jurisdiction: Congress

Proposes an expansion in the scope of tax-exempt private activity bonds to include a wide variety of decarbonizing activities and projects.

New York’s Clean Water, Clean Energy, Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Ballot measure allocating $1.5B for climate mitigation.

Proposed Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act (2019)

Jurisdiction: Congress

Directs the Secretary of Treasury to work with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Defense to establish Clean Energy Victory Bonds, which would raise extra funds for investment in clean energy and energy efficiency deployment.

Connecticut’s Green Liberty Bonds

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Proceeds from the bond sales will help fund the CT green bank’s clean energy efforts.

World Bank Green Bonds

Jurisdiction: Foreign

Raises funds from fixed income investors to support World Bank lending for eligible projects that seek to mitigate climate change or help affected people adapt to it.

Fannie Mae Multifamily Green Financing Program

Jurisdiction: Individual Agencies

Provides mortgage financing to apartment buildings and cooperative for the retrofitting of U.S. rental housing stock to become more energy- and water-efficient.

Barclays report, Sustainable Investing and Bond Returns

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

Studies the impact of environmental, social and corporate governance investing on credit portfolio performance.

International Carbon Markets Association: Green Bond Principles

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

Promote integrity in the Green Bond market through guidelines that recommend transparency, disclosure and reporting.

The Climate Bonds Initiative and Market Reports

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

An international investor-focused not-for profit working to mobilize the bond market for climate change solutions.