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Prospects for REDD+ boosted by Bonn agreement
12 June 2015After 10 years of negotiations over the UN's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+ ) programme, diplomats in Bonn have made an eleventh hour agreement which will likely be carried into the Paris climate summit later this year.
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Will we even be using oil when Petrobras' bonds mature in 2115?
11 June 2015Petrobras' recent launch of a notional $2.5 billion worth of 100-year bonds has been viewed as evidence that investors, particularly those with long-term commitments such as pension funds and insurers, are desperate for yield.
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Green bonds 'can help achieve $100bn climate finance goal'
11 June 2015Green bonds have been named one of the four instruments available to financial institutions to help ramp climate finance up to its $100 billion a year target.
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G20 backs new initiative to promote green growth
11 June 2015The G20 group of major economies has added its weight to efforts to mobilise more private capital to support sustainable green growth.
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SunPower and First Solar set out terms for yieldco IPO
11 June 2015SunPower and First Solar have pushed the button on their plans to float a joint yieldco, 8point3 Energy Partners.
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Enel Green Power, SunEdison and Mainstream are winners in South African auction
10 June 2015Three companies have emerged as the main winners in the latest round of bidding in South Africa's renewable energy auctions, securing over 80% of capacity auctioned.
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Morgan Stanley issues inaugural $500m green bond
10 June 2015Morgan Stanley has joined the select ranks of private banks to have issued a green bond, after it sold $500 million of its own notes.
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PRI to consider grading signatories according to performance
10 June 2015The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is to consider introducing different levels of membership to reflect signatories' progress in integrating sustainability factors, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Taking the PRI to the next level
10 June 2015The PRI's Fiona Reynolds has her sights set on how to move the organisation forward, including how to make sure its signatories are making good on their commitments. Peter Cripps reports
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BlackRock buys UK solar farm from SPI
10 June 2015BlackRock's UK renewables fund has brought the newly built, 9.3MW, Grange Farm solar power project from Chinese renewables firm Solar Power Inc (SPI) for an undisclosed sum.