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From left to right: Kristalina Georgieva (head of IMF), Jutta Urpilainen (EU commissioner for international partnerships), and Alice Ruhweza (head of WWF).

EU urged to support new 'green bonds' to plug investment gap

The EU is planning to offer its support for a variety of green bonds in a bid to ramp up investment in African and other emerging economies.  

The proposals are part of a report by an EU Commission expert group published on Tuesday (30 April) which is designed to feed into the EU’s €300bn

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

From left to right: Kristalina Georgieva (head of IMF), Jutta Urpilainen (EU commissioner for international partnerships), and Alice Ruhweza (head of WWF).

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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