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IFC launches mechanism to fund clean-tech start-ups in developing world
20 October 2011The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is piloting a mechanism to invest in early stage clean-tech companies 'home grown' in the developing world, and to help start-ups in industrialised countries begin operations in low-income countries.
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Investors 'not running for the exit' after Solyndra – Cleantech Group
20 October 2011Investors will not shy away from the clean-tech sector because of the collapse of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, according to an executive from the Cleantech Group.
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EU backs project bonds for green energy infrastructure
20 October 2011The European Commission is proposing to back project bonds that will make it easier to build and finance cross-border power lines and ultimately create an EU-wide power network.
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Directory to connect up renewables firms with capital
20 October 2011The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and data provider Clean Energy pipeline have launched an online directory to help renewables project developers and entrepreneurs find investors.
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Financiers search for sustainable future
20 October 2011Finance experts gathered in Washington, DC this week to decide how the sector can contribute to creating a stable and sustainable economy.
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CSAPR allowances allocated, but emitters remain wary
19 October 2011Emitters across 28 US states received their first allowances under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) new sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrous oxide (NOx) trading programme yesterday – but a deluge of legal challenges and unhappy precedents continue to discourage trading.
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Investors repeat call for 'investment-grade' climate policy
19 October 2011Investors managing $20 trillion in assets have repeated a call for urgent "policy action" to stimulate private sector investment into solutions to climate change.
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Ceres offers investors 'water gauge', praises Nestle, Rio Tinto
19 October 2011Investor coalition Ceres has launched a tool to help investors manage water risks across their investment portfolios.
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What future for Asia's carbon markets?
19 October 2011China and India have led the way in supplying carbon offsets into European and Japanese markets but, as the end of 2012 looms, it's all change for Asia's emission reduction project developers. Joshua Speckman reports
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Engaging with water risk
19 October 2011For most investors, a detailed bottom-up assessment of water risk across hundreds of companies is likely to be impossible. Enter a new tool to assess corporate responses to water risk and opportunity. Brooke Barton and David Hampton explain