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EF BRIEFS: LGX, Responsible Investing, RGGI
18 May 2017The Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX), the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's (LuxSE) green bond listing service, has opened a window dedicated to social and sustainable bonds.
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Mapping the finance for Paris
16 May 2017Ian Callaghan and Tessa Tennant examine who is doing what to help finance the commitments made as part of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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UNFCCC mulls green bonds to help refinance CDM
08 May 2017The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has tabled plans to launch a green bond-based refinancing facility for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
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Innergex and Desjardins expand French wind portfolio
08 May 2017Innergex Renewable Energy of Canada and the Desjardins Group pension plan have added a further three wind farms to their portfolio of wind energy assets in France.
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Green bond round-up, 19 April 2017
19 April 2017The Nigerian government has announced that it is delaying the launch of its inaugural sovereign green bond until after its 2017 budget is passed.
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People Moves: IDDRI, Gold Standard, GIIN
13 April 2017David Levai has replaced Thomas Spencer as director of energy and climate at the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations' (IDDRI).
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SDCL to launch two funds following court GIB decision
12 April 2017Sustainable Development Capital Ltd (SDCL) is to launch two new funds following a high court decision rejecting its challenge of the UK government's decision to award Australian bank Macquarie Capital preferred bidder status for the sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB).
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GCF rehabilitating hydro is 'shameful' - NGO
11 April 2017The Green Climate Fund's (GCF) decision to rehabilitate a Soviet era dam in Tajikistan has been labelled 'shameful' by one senior analyst.
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How to eliminate child labour from the battery business
29 March 2017A multi-stakeholder collaboration is needed to stamp out the use of child labour in the mining of cobalt for lithium-ion batteries, says Benedikt Sobotka.
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PME to link 10% of assets to SDGs
27 March 2017Dutch metal and engineering pension scheme Pensionfonds van de Metalektro (PME) will link 10% of its €45 billion ($48.6 billion) in assets to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the next five years.