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ADB leads $135M climate financing package for VinFast e-bus fleet and EV charging network in Vietnam

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) mobilized a $135-million climate financing package for VinFast Trading and Production Joint Stock Company (VinFast) for manufacturing Vietnam’s first fully-electric public transport bus fleet and first national electric vehicle (EV) charging network.

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How to bridge the gap in climate finance

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Alba Forns Albuixech and Kristina Lyubomirova Lazarova explore how to bridge the gap in climate finance for a green future. The post How to bridge the gap in climate finance appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Volvo Cars successfully places first green bond, raises €500M

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Volvo Cars successfully placed its first green bond, raising €500 million from a diverse group of institutional investors and further increasing the company’s financial flexibility. A green bond is a type of fixed-income instrument that is specifically earmarked to raise money for climate and environmental projects.

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IG Metall warns that Krupp Mannesmann steel plant may fail due to lack of financing for conversion to climate-neutral steel production

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IG Metall, Germany’s largest union as well as Europe’s largest industrial union, warns that at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM), the switch to climate-neutral steel production is may fail due to the lack of financing. HKM aims to reduce CO 2 emissions by 30% by the year 2025, and then be as climate neutral as possible by 2045.

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Volvo Cars raises €500M for electrification through second green bond issue

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Volvo Cars successfully placed its second green bond to raise €500 million from a diverse set of global investors. All proceeds are earmarked for funding and accelerating the company’s transformation towards becoming a fully electric carmaker by 2030 and becoming climate-neutral and circular by 2040.

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STEAG and thyssenkrupp planning joint green hydrogen project

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The STEAG power station in Duisburg-Walsum, the site for the construction of a large-scale green hydrogen generation system. ©euroluftbild.de/Hans In the coming years, thyssenkrupp Steel’s climate strategy will entail a continuously increasing and constant demand for green hydrogen. ©euroluftbild.de/Hans Hans Blossey.

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IRENA report says tripling renewables investment required to reach 2050 climate goal

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Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at US$351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). The 2020 edition of Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance highlights however, that while a cumulative US$1.8

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