Archive

• Optimism prompts new spot exchange for EU ETS

  11 February 2015

  The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) has seen a new spot exchange launched, in a growing sign of the market's recovery.

• Gold Standard gets new CEO

  13 January 2015

  The Gold Standard Foundation has appointed Marion Verles as its new CEO.

• Letters from Lima

  The UN climate conference in Lima was billed as a key event in the build-up to a global agreement in Paris in 2015. This series of articles looks at some of the major topics covered.

• COP Blog: The principles to fuel effective climate policy

  02 December 2014

  The climate community faces a formidable task in Lima over the next two weeks. To reach a meaningful global agreement in Paris next year, we need to ensure that every dollar of climate finance accomplishes as much as it possibly can. This requires discipline and rigor in the new tools being developed and a deliberate focus beyond reducing emissions.

• Loan fund created to spur carbon finance for clean cookstoves

  08 April 2014

  A not-for-profit loan fund has been set up to help clean cookstove projects negotiate the carbon crediting process.

• Setting the standard

  23 January 2014

  As the Gold Standard celebrates its 10th anniversary, it is on the verge of expanding its reach beyond carbon projects and into water, says Katie Kouchakji

• COP Blog: The evolution of equity

  16 November 2013

  The notion of equity has always been one of the most divisive concepts at the UN climate negotiations. In fact, many argue that it has been the deal breaker to a global agreement more than once.

• Burmese opportunities

  04 June 2013

  As Myanmar opens for foreign investment, the opportunity to pursue a sustainable development pathway is within reach – if the climate finance flows can be achieved. Joshua Speckman looks at the opportunities for investors, and finds they are abundant