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Energising the efficiency game
12 April 2012Investing in and implementing industrial energy efficiency has not been a straightforward affair. Environmental Finance and DNV asked a roundtable of experts to discuss the barriers – and how to overcome them. Christopher Cundy reports
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Record first-quarter issuance for cat bonds
12 April 2012A record volume of catastrophe (cat) bonds was issued in the first quarter of 2012, amid predictions that this year's Atlantic hurricane season will be milder than usual.
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Only 50% of solar PV module makers to survive the year – Photon
12 April 2012Roughly half of the larger solar photovoltaic (PV) module makers will not be in business by 2013, and that number will halve again in 2014, according to an industry expert.
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Under the hammer
11 April 2012All eyes at carbon exchange BlueNext are on the tender for the EU-wide allowance auction platform – as a springboard into the futures market. CEO François-Xavier Saint-Macary talks to Mark Nicholls
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All eyes on Africa
11 April 2012Interest and activity are building in Africa's carbon markets, but developers and buyers face frustrations in getting projects built and credited. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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Trading places
11 April 2012It's been quite a road for Dirk Forrister, the new president of the International Emissions Trading Association – from the White House to Geneva, via London and Colorado. He talks to Katie Kouchakji about how the carbon market has changed and where he sees it heading
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A blended approach to financing forests
11 April 2012It is unlikely that the carbon markets, via a REDD mechanism, can deliver enough finance quickly enough to rapidly slow deforestation. Nick Oakes explains how blending additional revenue streams with carbon finance could be the answer
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EDITORIAL: A(nother) call to action
11 April 2012At Environmental Finance, we know only too well how much information our readers are bombarded with – whether about the latest environmental technologies or policy developments, the ups and downs of environmental commodity markets, or the increasingly frequent financing deals that are laying the foundations of a low-carbon economy.
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UK seeds impact investment bank with £600m
05 April 2012The UK government has launched a £600 million ($949 million) finance institution to lend money to charities and community groups, of which an undisclosed amount will go to environmental organisations.
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The next steps
05 April 2012After 11 years at the helm of the UNEP Finance Initiative, Paul Clements-Hunt takes a look at the past – and future – of sustainable finance