Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • Climate finance for emerging markets jumps 19% to $62bn in 2014

    08 October 2015

    Finance from industrialised nations to support climate change projects in developing countries rose 19% to $62 billion in 2014 from $52 billion the previous year, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

  • World Bank issues carbon-linked bonds to methane reduction projects

    08 October 2015

    The World Bank has issued its first carbon-linked bonds under its innovative Pilot Auction Facility (PAF) for projects that reduce methane emissions.

  • LGIM urges companies to focus on opportunities in low-carbon economy

    07 October 2015

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), one of Europe's largest asset managers, is urging companies in which it invests to focus on the opportunities, not just the risks, arising from the transition to a low-carbon economy.

  • Can Paris deliver a meaningful climate deal?

    07 October 2015

    Attempts to build a global agreement from a series of national pledges will help industry and financiers plan low-carbon investments beyond 2020, even if they don't restrict global warming to 2°C, says Graham Cooper

  • Citi tightens its policy on coal sector lending

    06 October 2015

    US bank Citi has strengthened its policy on lending to coal mining companies and all financing for this sector will now require approval at a more senior level within the bank.

  • Renewables to dominate new power generation to 2020, says IEA

    06 October 2015

    Renewable energy will be the largest source of electricity growth over the next five years, as costs continue to fall, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts.

  • Infracapital takes 70% stake in UK bioenergy group

    06 October 2015

    Infracapital, the infrastructure investment arm of M&G Investments, has committed £160 million ($243 million) to take a 70% stake in the Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), which has been created to invest in the construction of biomass and energy-from-waste (EfW) plants in the UK.

  • French firm offers free web tool to highlight climate risk from fossil fuels

    06 October 2015

    Novethic, a French research company specialising in socially responsible investments (SRI), has launched a free web-based tool to highlight the actions being taken by national governments, investors and companies to combat climate change.

  • Abengoa Yield buys more assets and refinances construction debt

    05 October 2015

    Abengoa Yield has bought two more solar plants from its parent company, the heavily indebted Spanish energy company Abengoa.

  • Profile: KBC Eco Fund - Water

    01 October 2015

    Water funds, such as the KBC Eco Fund – Water, have performed strongly in recent years. But many stocks in the sector are now looking expensive, the fund manager tells Graham Cooper