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Large-scale programmatic CDM project issues 80,000 offsets
20 January 2014The developer of a biogas project in China has completed the biggest-ever issuance of offsets from a 'programmatic' Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project.
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People moves
20 January 2014The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at Foresight Group, SolarCity, the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change and more
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High hopes?
17 January 2014Some of the most influential members of the environmental investment community share their reflections on 2013 and gaze into their crystal ball for the coming 12 months
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UNFCCC exemplifies global governance failures
17 January 2014Slow progress at the UN climate talks is an indication of the growing "de-globalisation" of politics that will make it harder to deal with systemic global risks, according to the World Economic Forum.
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A bright future
17 January 2014Gianleo Frisari explains how public finance can accelerate the development of concentrated solar power
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Ingenious plans £160m fund IPO that will 'tap into energy efficiency opportunity'
17 January 2014Ingenious today revealed plans to raise £160 million ($263 million) by listing a fund that invests in both renewables and energy efficiency, as its sponsor claimed the strategy could outperform rivals that focus on a single technology.
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European utilities urged to stress-test investments to avoid stranded assets
17 January 2014Utilities in the EU should stress-test existing and planned investments to avoid stranded asset risk, a report has urged after some €6 billion ($8 billion) of gas-fired power was shuttered in the region last year.
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SolarCity to offer asset-backed securities to the public
16 January 2014SolarCity plans to follow its issue of bonds backed by solar panels by offering similar products online to retail investors.
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World Bank issues first floating-rate green bond
16 January 2014The World Bank's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued a $550 million climate bond with an 18-month floating rate.
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Plans for £150m UK bioethanol plant are shelved
16 January 2014Plans to build a £150 million ($246.2 million) bioethanol plant in the UK are set to be shelved in favour of recommissioning a plant in the US, where legislation is more favourable to investment, Environmental Finance has learned.