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Green bonds vital to Europe – Barclays
07 February 2011'Green bonds' are set to fill most of a €2.9 trillion ($3.9 trillion) capital hole required to build low-carbon infrastructure in Europe from 2011-20, according to a report by Barclays and consultancy Accenture.
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People moves
04 February 2011The latest appointments at the Principles for Responsible Investment, International Council on Mining and Metals, Aon, EDF Trading and more
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Cleaning up California
04 February 2011Jerry Brown – 'Governor Moonbeam' – is back in charge in California, with a clean energy agenda that is set to lead the US. Felicity Carus reports
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The beginning of the end of Kyoto?
04 February 2011The Cancún conference will be remembered for bringing the international climate talks back from the brink of disaster. But did it also seal the demise of the Kyoto Protocol? Christopher Cundy reports
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Sending out the right signals
04 February 2011Ole Beier Sørenson says investors were reassured that Cancún kept the UN climate talks on the road – but they need clearer signals from policy-makers if finance is to flow
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Solving the permanence conundrum
04 February 2011Effective and affordable risk management is vital to unlock investment into forest carbon, say Eron Bloomgarden and Claire Jahns
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California will struggle to meet 33% renewables target
03 February 2011California needs a significant escalation of solar project development to meet its 33% by 2020 renewable energy target, according to industry experts, but permitting and transmission issues will challenge its ability to meet that goal.
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France focuses on wind with €10bn tender
03 February 2011The French government's plans to launch a €10 billion ($13.8 billion) tender for offshore wind developments signals a shift away from solar energy toward large-scale wind projects. However, questions remain over financing and profitability.
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Global wind installations slowed 7% in 2010 – GWEC
03 February 2011Almost 36GW of wind capacity was installed worldwide last year, as the rate of turbine installations slowed 7%, according to figures released yesterday by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
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Environmental funds targeted in Ireland's growth plans
03 February 2011Ireland is aiming to attract green funds and carbon financiers to the country with favourable legislation and new carbon market infrastructure.