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Stranded assets: approaching a tipping point?
16 September 2013The concept of 'unburnable carbon' is still relatively new, but there are encouraging signs that fossil fuel-based companies are starting to pay attention, argues Julie Gorte
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Think-tank names Henry Derwent new CEO
12 September 2013Henry Derwent, formerly president of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), has been appointed CEO of a climate research network, Environmental Finance has learned.
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First project under South Africa's renewables drive goes live
12 September 2013The first project commissioned under South Africa's ambitious renewables drive has been connected to the electricity grid.
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NY Green Bank asks for $165m initial capital to start investing early 2014
11 September 2013New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked for $165 million to be granted to the state's Green Bank, in a first move to capitalise the $1 billion bank he expects to open for business early next year.
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Who should finance CCS?
10 September 2013The NER300 mechanism within the EU Emissions Trading System has failed in its goal of financing carbon capture and storage. It would be better to put the obligation on fossil fuel suppliers rather than the power generators, says Ian Temperton
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Uncertainty Down Under
09 September 2013Investors and developers active in Australia's low-carbon sectors are facing months of uncertainty about how the new Coalition government's climate policy overhaul will affect them. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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EU carbon prices hit five-month high after free allowance cut
06 September 2013European carbon prices have climbed above €5 ($6.58) for the first time since April after a reduction of free allocations to installations in the oversupplied market was confirmed.
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Full disclosure
29 August 2013UK-listed companies will soon be required to report their global emissions, which for many could prove a complex task. Gary Davis explains how to overcome the main challenges to accurately reporting emissions data
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UK, Japan 'increasingly attractive' to renewables investors
28 August 2013The UK and Japan have climbed in Ernst & Young's attractiveness index for renewable energy investment, while Australia and India slipped down the rankings in the past quarter.
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NY State lawmakers propose $5bn environmental bond act
27 August 2013Two New York policy-makers have proposed an environmental bond act to allow the state to borrow $5 billion.