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Sarkozy clinches compromise on EU climate package
01 December 2008After months of wrangling between industry and environmentalists, and strident opposition from Italy, Germany, Poland and other eastern European states, EU leaders agreed a deal on the bloc's climate package in December, securing a commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, and to source 20% of EU energy from renewable sources by the same date.
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Car-makers face weaker emissions targets under EU deal
01 December 2008The European Parliament and EU member states have agreed a deal to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars, which weakens original proposals made by the European Commission and gives car manufacturers an extra three years to meet emissions targets.
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Exchange-traded carbon fund gets London listing
01 December 2008ETF Securities (ETFS) has listed on the London Stock Exchange what it claims is the first exchange-traded security tracking carbon in Europe.
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Cutting the wrong costs
01 December 2008So much for all the whistling in the dark. Those optimists who had been persuading themselves that, this time, it was going to be different – that, this time, the environment wouldn't be one of the first victims of recession – are gradually being disabused.
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People moves this month
01 December 2008Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month
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Obituary
01 December 2008Joan Bavaria, a pioneer of social investing, passed away on 18 November after a long battle with cancer.
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Putting principles first
01 December 2008Market turmoil comes and goes – but tackling climate change will be an integral part of doing business for decades to come. Yulanda Chung explains why Standard Chartered put its name to the Climate Principles
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After the inauguration
01 December 2008The speculation is intense, the facts limited. But, as key appointments emerge, Gloria Gonzalez reports on the politics and personalities that may shape the Obama administration's environmental record
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A chill wind blowing
01 December 2008The renewable energy sector was late to feel the cold hand of the credit crisis – but financiers and REC traders are braced for a chillier 2009. Jess McCabe talks to the renewable energy winners of Environmental Finance's Market Survey
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Waiting on the judges
01 December 2008The striking down of the Clean Air Interstate Rule has thrown the US emissions markets into confusion. Gloria Gonzalez finds the winners of Environmental Finance's market survey anxiously awaiting resolution