World’s first sovereign transition bonds debut in Tokyo


Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. — Reuters

TOKYO: In a world first, Japan auctioned sovereign climate transition bonds yesterday although the bonds met with slightly weaker-than-expected demand.

Climate transition bonds are a relatively new class of bonds which aim to fund shifts by companies, or in this case a government, to having a lesser impact on the environment.

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