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A lack of pressure?
01 November 2009Carbon capture and storage remains one of the most contentious elements of international climate change policy. Paul Zakkour and Malcolm Wilson argue that cooperation is urgently required to get the technology moving
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AIG Investments culls sustainability team
29 October 2009AIG Investments is shedding its sustainable investment division, following its acquisition by Pacific Century Group, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm.
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Flurry of deal-making in solar sector
29 October 2009Solar third-party financier SunEdison has been snapped up by silicon wafer firm MEMC Electronic Materials for $200 million, the latest in a cluster of solar deals – including the first IPO in the sector for more than a year.
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EIB seeks managers for £100m sustainable energy fund
29 October 2009The European Investment Bank (EIB) is seeking fund managers to both manage and leverage £100 million ($165 million) in sustainable energy funding for London announced last week.
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Creative' policies needed to drive low-carbon investment – UNEP
29 October 2009Governments should adopt "creative policies" to encourage low-carbon investment in developing countries, if the world is to mobilise the $500 billion a year needed to help poor countries tackle climate change, according to a report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and other finance groups.
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Companies struggling to address natural resource exposures
29 October 2009Investors have raised concerns that few companies are adequately managing their dependence on natural ecosystems, putting their strategies and valuations at risk.
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Carbon markets don't motivate clean investment, says Deutsche Bank
28 October 2009Emissions trading has done little to encourage investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and governments should focus on introducing feed-in tariffs and mandates if they want to prevent the worst effects of climate change by 2020, according to analysis by Deutsche Bank's Asset Management (DeAM) division.
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US stimulus money boosts wind power
22 October 2009The US renewable energy grant programme has led to a surge in wind project development in recent months, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
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Bipartisan support' likely to underpin US Green Bank proposal
22 October 2009The prospects for a US federal bank to help finance renewable energy – as proposed in Congressional climate legislation – look rosy given bipartisan support and the ongoing difficulty of securing financing in the private markets, supporters have said.
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Cast your vote in the Environmental Finance market survey
22 October 2009Voting has opened in the Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance market survey – the most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.