11 January 2011, The Guardian

What exactly are green bonds?

Article by Ben Caldecott

Few people have heard of "green bonds", yet they could be a way of raising the huge amounts of capital needed to tackle climate change and protect our natural world.

They could be critically important, but they remain shrouded in mystery and there is a great deal of confusion about their exact form and structure. What are they? Are they a way for the government to borrow money for green projects? Are they a new savings product for ethical consumers? Or are they something to do with that proposed UK green investment bank (GIB)?

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