FTSE Russell has launched the world ’s first bond index to weigh products based on how prepared their governments are to mitigate and adapt to climate change . The FTSE Climate debt - Adjusted sovereign debt Bond Index ( f WGBI ) will enable sovereign debt investors to identify climate change risks in their decision - making . Sovereign bonds across 22 developed nations will be ranked using data from the FTSE World Government Bond Index , which is then processed through metrics from analytics provider Beyond Ratings .
FTSE Russell has launched the world’s first bond index to weigh products based on how prepared their governments are to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The FTSE Climate Risk-Adjusted World Government Bond Index (Climate WGBI) will enable sovereign debt investors to include climate change risks in their decision-making. Sovereign bonds across 22 developed nations will be ranked using data from the FTSE World Government Bond Index, which is then processed through metrics from analytics provider Beyond Ratings.