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Fund to invest €45m in African carbon credits
19 April 2012French institutions have collaborated with the West Africa Development Bank to launch a fund that will invest in carbon credits from projects that reduce emissions in Africa.
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Phaunos Timber Fund stung by strengthening dollar
19 April 2012Sustainable timber investment company Phaunos Timber Fund reported a $9.6 million loss in 2011, reversing 2010's $20.7 million profit, largely due to paper losses on its foreign currency conversions and revaluation of its assets.
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Ameren shareholders to vote on coal risks
19 April 2012Investors in the US utility Ameren will vote next week on a resolution to reduce its heavy reliance on coal power.
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SAM clean energy fund 'zero exposure' to solar
19 April 2012One of the largest renewable energy listed equity funds has reduced its exposure to solar photovoltaics (PV) to almost zero, as vicious cost-cutting and uncertain demand drives consolidation in the sector.
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Investors call for reform of the EU ETS
18 April 2012The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) needs to be fixed, according to a group of institutional investors representing €7.5 trillion ($9.8 trillion) in assets.
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CSAPR petitioners quizzed over legal arguments
17 April 2012The parties protesting against the US introducing the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) faced tough questions from a panel of judges last week over whether their arguments were eligible or not.
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AIR models supply chain catastrophe risks
17 April 2012Risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has launched a product to help risk managers better assess and reduce catastrophe risks from their supply chains.
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California presses ahead
17 April 2012Californian regulators have dismissed concerns about the start of the state's carbon cap-and-trade programme next year – but plenty of uncertainties are worrying emitters. Gloria Gonzalez reports from San Francisco
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Citi $6.4bn closer to climate investment target in 2011
17 April 2012Citi facilitated or made $6.4 billion of investments to help mitigate climate change in 2011, putting the US banking giant comfortably on course to exceed its target of $50 billion in such investments by 2017.
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Clean energy M&A rises in first quarter
13 April 2012Clean energy mergers and acquisitions (M&A) surged in the first quarter of 2012, while private equity investments and public market activity were all down, according to figures from VB Research.