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Urban Without Carbon

S&P Global Market Intelligence is anticipating an upsurge in green bonds from China, which was already the third largest issuer of the bonds in the first half of the year, following the U.S. and France. Its report on October 12 showed market analysts thinking in that vein.

“I believe China will continue to boost investment in environmentally friendly and infrastructure projects,” Arthur Lau, head of Asia excluding Japan fixed income at New York-based PineBridge Investments, told the agency. “Hence, I would expect some of these investments will be funded through the new issuance of green bonds.”

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