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  • China's environmental drive 'could strand Australian coal assets'

    17 December 2013

    Australian coal assets are at risk of becoming devalued if China's demand for the commodity declines, a report has warned.

  • So far, so good...

    12 December 2013

    It's been a solid first year for California's cap-and-trade scheme, and market participants are upbeat about 2014, when new buyers will likely emerge and the programme will link with Quebec. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports

  • GHGs: Back to the future

    09 December 2013

    The winners in this year's rankings have triumphed in the face of adversity. They are now anxiously waiting for policymakers to make structural reforms to core markets, just as they were at the turn of the century. Graham Cooper reports

  • Derisking renewables

    05 December 2013

    A cocktail of risks has hampered investment in low-carbon technologies. Public-backed guarantees, among others, should increasingly be used to help the capital flow, argues Gianleo Frisari

  • Sustainable Development plans $200m UK-China fund

    04 December 2013

    UK-based investment and advisory company Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL) is planning a $200 million fund to promote energy efficiency in both China and the UK.

  • RGGI calls on EPA to encourage emissions trading

    03 December 2013

    US states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have suggested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should include similar market-based approaches in its guidance to help other states curb their emissions.

  • Irish renewables firm secures €92m in new funding

    02 December 2013

    Irish renewable energy company Gaelectric has agreed additional financing of €92 million ($125 million) to fund further growth of its activities in wind power and energy storage.

  • Beijing and Shanghai launch pilot carbon markets

    29 November 2013

    Beijing and Shanghai have launched pilot emissions trading systems (ETSs) this week, marking the latest effort by China to develop the world's largest carbon market.

  • Financial close reached for £760m UK waste-to-energy plant

    28 November 2013

    A UK resource management company and its investment partners have signed a £760 million ($1.2 billion) contract with a waste authority for a waste-to-energy project.

  • BlackRock, CalSTRS snap up BoA's $500m green bond

    22 November 2013

    BlackRock, California State Teachers' Retirement System and TIAA-CREF were among the investors in Bank of America's first-ever green bond.