By the numbers
Oct. 7-8, 2025
Date of the 12th edition of Forum on Green Finance and Investment, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) annual flagship event on green and sustainable finance. The 13th edition of the forum is set to be held on the same dates this year.
$450 billion
Value of green infrastructure investments by pension funds and insurance companies as of February 2020, constituting only 4.1 percent of investable assets under management per current regulatory limits, according to the OECD
$600 million
The equivalent amount of Bogota, Colombia’s first international green bond backed by the International Finance Corp. (IFC) and Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, announced in November 2025
93.4 percent
Percentage of Bogota’s first international green bond issuance allocated to international investors, with the remaining 6.6 percent allocated to local investors, reflecting strong market confidence in the transaction
$129 billion
Amount of green bonds issued by government-backed entities in 2024
$2 trillion
Estimated investment in clean energy in 2024—$800 billion more than fossil fuels and up from almost 70 percent in 10 years
$7 trillion
Estimated total fossil fuel subsidies in 2022, making up around 7.1 percent of global gross domestic product
Sources: Inquirer archives, unctad.org, oecd.org, iea.org, ifc.org, un.org, gggi.org
