ING sees global sustainable debt issuance reaching $1.62 trillion in 2026 amid resilient market conditions

• ING Wholesale Banking forecast global sustainable finance issuance at $1.62 trillion in 2026, reversing a modest decline in 2025.
• First-half sustainable debt issuance excluding ABS reached $846 billion, within the $800 billion-$900 billion range seen since 2022.
• EMEA led issuance, driven by record $245 billion from public-sector borrowers; financial-institution volumes rose 36% year over year.
• US issuance fell about 40% versus 2024 and 2025, with data centers and renewables the main sources of activity.
• ING estimated global climate-adaptation financing needs at about EUR 1.2 trillion per year by 2035; EU needs cited at EUR 70 billion annually.

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