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  • Prices down, but optimism up

    17 June 2015

    Prices have come under renewed pressure, say the winners of this year's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings, but growing interest from corporates offers reasons for hope. Peter Cripps reports

  • Winners of Environmental Finance's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings see better times ahead

    17 June 2015

    Sentiment in the voluntary carbon market remains bullish despite prices continuing to come under pressure, according to the latest survey of the market by Environmental Finance.

  • Czech Republic switches sides in 'major' breakthrough for EU carbon

    01 May 2015

    EU nations have agreed to back an early start for the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) in a major step forward for floundering carbon market.

  • EU carbon market update 27 April 2015

    27 April 2015

    Prices rose 6% last week to their highest weekly close for two months, reports Louis Redshaw

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 20 April 2015

    20 April 2015

    After another quiet week in the European carbon market, several bullish factors could influence the market this week, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Quotes of the quarter

    17 April 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the first quarter of 2015.

  • EC calls for green bond securitisations and better non-financial reporting

    16 April 2015

    EU policymakers must ramp up their efforts to promote climate-friendly investment through securitised green bonds and improved non-financial disclosure, according to a report from the European Commission (EC).

  • Voting opens for the Annual Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings

    01 April 2015

    For the sixth year, Environmental Finance is conducting its annual rankings of the voluntary carbon markets. The survey, which opens today, is asking for views on the leading project developers, traders, wholesalers, advisors, verifiers and other service providers in the space.

  • World Bank's Kyte calls for 'more risk sharing' in green bond market

    27 March 2015

    Green bond investors need to stop relying on the balance sheets of large issuers and start sharing some of the risk, according to the World Bank's Rachel Kyte.

  • Infographic: The US coal crash

    24 March 2015

    The US coal markets have been knocked by a combination of cheaper renewables, rising construction costs, and the shale gas revolution, argues a report by thinktank the Carbon Tracker Initiative.