Accelerating Sustainable Infrastructure Investments in Cities Virtual Workshop
Workshop Session: Municipal Bonds for Sustainable Communities
July 28, 2020
Municipal markets are in a period of record uncertainty. Due to the emergence of COVID-19, social bond issuance has unexpectedly surpassed green bond issuance in 2020. Both the treasury and federal reserve are engaged in grantmaking and lending activities that are completely unprecedented. Ambitious infrastructure legislation has been introduced to Congress and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis has released the boldest federal plan to address climate change ever seen in the United States. At a moment when the flow of dollars into stronger, cleaner and more just cities is front and center on the national stage, how can local leaders position their projects and plans to achieve as much as possible while managing the climate change impacts, economic crisis and a pandemic?
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