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EU carbon market weekly update - 26 October 2016
26 October 2016EU Allowance prices are likely to track sideways this week, as lower auction supply is offset by a decline in clean-dark spreads, says Louis Redshaw.
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Banks pledge support for UAE's sustainability goals
26 October 2016Eight banks have committed to support the sustainable development goals of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by signing the Dubai Declaration on Sustainable Finance.
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Nigeria sets launch date for green bond
26 October 2016Nigeria has launched its green bond plans "in earnest", with its issue expected to come market in the first quarter of 2017, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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California to seek verification for all new muni bonds
25 October 2016California's deputy State Treasurer has said that the state is considering seeking independent verification for all future municipal green bonds.
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GIB and Salix lend to UK's biggest non-PFI streetlighting project
24 October 2016The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has made a £10.2 million ($12.5 million) loan to a municipal authority to part-fund the biggest non-private finance initiative (PFI) streetlighting project in the country to date.
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World Bank tweaks PAF auction model again
24 October 2016The World Bank's third iteration of its Pilot Auction Facility (PAF) will target emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), rather than methane which was the focus of the first two auctions. In addition, the third auction will try to incentivise new projects, rather than being restricted to facilities that are already in operation.
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People Moves - Rabobank head of sustainability leaves to join ING
24 October 2016Rabobank's long-serving head of sustainability, Hans Biemans, has left the bank to join rival Dutch lender ING Bank.
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Green finance - at a tipping point?
24 October 2016Eric Usher, head of the UNEP Finance Initiative, tells Graham Cooper about the challenges facing the organisation as it prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
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US insurers 'turning blind eye to climate change'
21 October 2016Many US insurers are still turning a blind eye to climate change, with less than 20% attaining high scores for their climate risk reporting, a study has warned.
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Deutsche Bank African renewables fund backed in $745m GCF funding round
21 October 2016An African renewable energy fund managed by German lender Deutsche Bank has secured an $80 million anchor investment from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).