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EU carbon market weekly update - 13 November 2017

The absence of any obvious bullish influences on the horizon justifies a continuing bearish view for the coming week, says Louis Redshaw

Investec and CEFC buy into Australian wind and battery project

Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Investec have together provided A$189 million ($145 million) of financing for a 212MW wind-plus-battery storage project in Australia.

EIB and China working on "Rosetta Stone" of green finance

An initiative to harmonise taxonomies for eligible environmental projects in the green bond market could lead to the creation of a common language applicable across green finance more broadly.

Green bond transparency in need of improvement, says S&P

COP blog: Transparency high on the agenda for investors

Many investors are turning out at COP23 in Bonn to explain to ministers and delegates the importance of financial disclosures in line with the TCFD recommendations, says Peter Damgaard Jensen

People moves: Columbia Threadneedle, FTSE Russell

News briefs from COP23

Small island nation Fiji will have to spend around $4.5 billion over the next decade to prepare for rising temperatures, strengthening storms and higher sea levels.

UK public pension funds have £16bn invested in fossil fuels

Local authorities in the UK still have more than £16 billion ($21 billion) invested in fossil fuels, despite a number of high profile divestments in recent years, according to data released by a UK-based pressure group.

COP blog: Why food companies are engaged

It's time for food companies to participate in the next agricultural revolution – to low-emissions, argues Julie Nash

Time for another walk in the Bretton Woods?

A radical new approach to climate finance is required, says Ian Callaghan