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Latin America readies for clean energy rush, despite lack of subsidies
07 April 2011The clean energy sector in Latin America is poised to take off, even without the benefit of the major government subsidies enjoyed in North America and Europe, according to regional experts.
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'Small delay' for Indian energy efficiency trading scheme
07 April 2011India's flagship energy efficiency scheme, set for a 1 April launch, has been delayed, as energy intensity targets for the 462 participating industrial entities have yet to be finalised.
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DEG's 'water filter' to strain investor risk
07 April 2011German development bank DEG has developed a tool to help investors assess the water risk in individual investments and at the portfolio level.
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Fukushima disaster: Japan's emissions targets 'under review'
07 April 2011Japan's 2020 emissions target is under question as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japanese officials have conceded.
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US surges, Asia wanes as Q1 clean-tech investment reaches $2.6 billion
07 April 2011Global clean-tech venture capital (VC) investment surged 52% to $2.57 billion in the first quarter, buoyed by high value, late-stage deals and strong performance among North American companies, according to analysis by California-based research firm the Cleantech Group. However, the number of transactions in the quarter dropped.
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Sustainability edges towards the MBA core
07 April 2011Change is in the air at many business schools, says Elisabeth Jeffries, with a growing number incorporating sustainability and corporate responsibility issues into the heart of their MBA courses
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Splitting from the atom?
07 April 2011Solar and wind stocks surged as the nuclear crisis in Japan began to unfold, reports Jess McCabe. Is it a temporary blip – or the recovery that investors have been waiting for?
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Pension funds increase investments in wind farms
07 April 2011PensionDanmark, a pension fund with around €14 billion ($20 billion) under management, has made its second investment in offshore wind farms and is planning more.
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Corporates say clean-tech investment is good for revenue
07 April 2011Almost three-quarters of corporations surveyed by consultancy Ernst & Young plan to increase or significantly increase clean-tech budgets between 2012 and 2014, reflecting a growing view that such spending can improve corporate revenues.
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Putting private equity to work
06 April 2011Despite her US base, the first bets the head of private equity investments at Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisers is making are in China. Gisele Everett talks clean technology and policy with Gloria Gonzalez