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The only way is up
11 December 2014This year's winners in the carbon markets section of our annual rankings believe the tide has finally turned after the economic downturn in 2008 sent prices and volumes tumbling. Graham Cooper and Sophie Robinson-Tillett report
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Trading in good times, and in bad
11 December 2014Players in the US RECs markets are bullish on pricing, but other markets are less upbeat, reports Sophie Robinson-Tillett
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Sustainable investment mandates set to grow in Asia, bolstered by green bond market
10 December 2014Investment mandates addressing climate change in Asia are expected to become "more important" over the next two years, say investors in the region.
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'Record year' forecast for cat bond market
10 December 2014The catastrophe bond market is on track for a record year in terms of size, with Willis forecasting $8 billion of issuance by the end of the year.
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COP Blog: Don't turn the GCF into the Greedy Corporate Fund
10 December 2014Last week, the UN Climate Summit in Lima, Peru, kicked off amid controversy with news that Japan had counted loans for coal projects in Indonesia as international climate finance.
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The results are in: Annual Market Rankings winners announced
10 December 2014Top brokers, dealers and service providers have been named in Environmental Finance's 15th Annual Market Rankings.
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Chicago water agency plans $225 million green bond, with more expected
10 December 2014A US water agency is to issue a $225 million municipal green bond to finance flood defences and biogas projects.
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NAB doubles green bond for Australian renewable energy
09 December 2014The National Australia Bank (NAB) has doubled the size of its inaugural green bond due to investor demand.
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COP Blog: Why finance matters to the UN talks - and business
09 December 2014As the first week of the UN negotiations in Lima wrap up, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is closer to the mythical $10 billion initial capitalisation goal that someone, somewhere decided would be the threshold for success.
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COP Blog: REDD+ still has room to grow
08 December 2014There has been an air of anticipation about what this COP might deliver on REDD+, the evolving UNFCCC mitigation mechanism on deforestation, forest degradation and other forest uses which first arose on the COP agenda in 2005.