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• Insurers face claims of $1bn from storms in Germany and Texas

  16 July 2014

  German insurers could face a hit of about €650 million ($887 million) as a result of claims from June's Ela storm, according to industry estimates.

• WTO boost to Chinese solar stocks to prove 'temporary'

  16 July 2014

  A surge in Chinese solar stocks following Monday's ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that US import taxes on their products broke global trade rules will soon be reversed, it was claimed today.

• Could bonds save rhinos?

  16 July 2014

  An impact investment bond to protect the rhinoceros against poachers is being planned by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

• EDF and Microsoft invest in 175MW wind farm [UPDATED]

  15 July 2014

  EDF Renewable Energy has taken a 96% stake in a wind project in the US, for an undisclosed sum.

• KfW makes debut in green bond market with record €1.5bn issue

  15 July 2014

  German development bank KfW has issued its first green bond – a €1.5 billion ($2.0 billion) offering which it claims is the largest ever single issue.

• Increasing evidence that environmental risks are 'material'

  15 July 2014

  Evidence is mounting that environmental risks are becoming material to business and the economy as a whole, a report commissioned by the UN Environment Programme has warned.

• Financial Dynamics of the Environment: Risks, Impacts, and Barriers to Resilience

  This working paper attempts to summarise the underlying logic for why the financial sector should care about the state of the environment and environment-related risks, review the main structural barriers that could prevent the financial system from managing such issues, and identify the main researchers and organisations undertaking work on these topics internationally.

• How Zurich will double its commitment to green bonds

  15 July 2014

  As part of plans to invest an additional $1 billion in green bonds, Zurich has adopted a new management strategy. Manuel Lewin tells Sophie Robinson-Tillett.

• Clean energy investment jumps in second quarter

  15 July 2014

  Investment in clean energy in the second quarter of this year was the highest for any quarter since April–June 2012, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

• BlackRock raising UK renewables fund, eyes offshore wind

  15 July 2014

  BlackRock is raising "hundreds of millions of pounds" for a UK renewables strategy, which could see the asset manager invest for the first time in offshore wind.