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Voluntary carbon market can beat 'life-threatening' challenges
09 May 2017The voluntary carbon market "faces two life-threatening challenges", but they do not spell the end of the market, according to the Gold Standard, a specialist certification body.
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Investors should vote against BP and Shell remuneration packages, says ShareAction
09 May 2017Pressure group ShareAction is calling on investors in BP and Royal Dutch Shell to vote against remuneration packages at the oil majors, which they believe incentivises high-risk fossil fuel strategies.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 8 May 2017
08 May 2017Carbon once again ended the week flat as the uptick in the clean-dark spreads was enough to offset the auction supply, itself lower due to the shortened week.
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Spanish government loses claim over renewables subsidy cuts
08 May 2017Spain has been ordered to pay €128 million ($140 million) plus interest, to compensate two solar energy investors for losses incurred as a result of the government cutting its renewables subsidies.
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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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Canada's NatureBank commits to $14m sustainable cocoa project
08 May 2017NatureBank Asset Management has agreed a Limited Partnership (LP) with US firm Southern Harvest Partners and related companies, to invest $14 million into sustainable cocoa production in the Dominican Republic.
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Japan to issue a 'deluge' of green bonds in 2017
08 May 2017Japanese green bond issuance is set to take off in 2017, having grabbed the attention of local capital markets, according to one second opinion provider recently established in the country.
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Berkshire's 'huge appetite' for wind and solar assets
08 May 2017Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of about 70 re/insurance companies globally, has a "huge appetite" for solar and wind power projects, according to chief executive Warren Buffett.
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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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Investors with $15trn in AUM call on global governments to implement Paris Agreement
08 May 2017Investors representing more than $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have written to the governments of G7 and G20 countries calling on them to support and implement the commitments of the Paris Agreement, to limit global temperature increase to less than 2°C.