Archive

  • Mangrove carbon project has potential for voluntary market roll-out

    04 October 2013

    A pioneering initiative will fund the protection and restoration of mangrove swamps by issuing voluntary carbon credits.

  • Impact investing growth 'held back by investment advisers'

    04 October 2013

    The growth of impact investing is being held back in part by advisers to institutional investors such as pension funds, experts have said.

  • UK GIB hires managing director for waste and bio-energy

    04 October 2013

    The UK's rapidly expanding Green Investment Bank (GIB) has hired a new managing director for waste and bioenergy, whose remit will include helping to finance the emerging UK anaerobic digestion sector.

  • Norway to buy 30 million offsets to rescue 'stranded' CDM projects

    03 October 2013

    Norway's ministry of finance has signed an agreement to buy up to 30 million carbon credits from projects that risk being discontinued because of low emissions prices.

  • Boom in cookstove carbon credits as investors eye health and social benefits

    03 October 2013

    The number of carbon credits sold from clean cookstove projects more than quadrupled in 2012, according to a report, in a further sign that 'charismatic' carbon credits are gaining popularity with investors.

  • Plans for two of Africa's biggest wind farms advance

    03 October 2013

    Ambitious plans to use renewable energy to help revolutionise Kenya's economy have been boosted by two significant break-throughs.

  • India's eagerly-awaited 750MW solar auction 'expected soon'

    03 October 2013

    Activity in India's solar sector is set for a boost, as the government is expected to announce the eagerly-awaited second phase of its solar auction programme, after months of delay.

  • Monsanto pays $1bn for weather risk firm

    03 October 2013

    Agribusiness giant Monsanto is to acquire The Climate Corporation, a provider of weather hedging services to arable farmers, for $930 million.

  • IETA issues master agreement for California's carbon market

    02 October 2013

    The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) has released its California Emissions Trading Master Agreement (CETMA) which aims to facilitate secondary market trading in the state's growing carbon market.

  • Roenbeck takes the helm at EMA

    02 October 2013

    Joe Roenbeck, an energy trader at PSEG Energy Resources & Trade, has been appointed chairman of the Environmental Markets Association for a three-year term.