Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • NBIM calls for more transparency, regulation in ESG ratings

    17 January 2024

    Norway's sovereign wealth fund has called for greater transparency in ESG ratings, and backed the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for regulating the market.

  • 'Absurdly cheap' renewables firms present buying opportunity, says GMO

    16 January 2024

    Clean energy firms are "ridiculously cheap", following a sell-off in recent months, according to GMO.

  • Mirova bullish about European renewables as it trumpets wind exit

    09 January 2024

    Mirova said it continues to see opportunities in the European renewables market despite the macroeconomic outlook, as it exited a wind project investment that saw its valuation boosted by higher energy prices.

  • The top 10 most-read articles of the year and the themes they reveal

    03 January 2024

    The rapidly evolving policy landscape continued to dominate the news in 2023, with EU announcements creating several of the most-read articles on Environmental Finance.

  • Will the voluntary carbon market stage a comeback in 2024?

    24 December 2023

    There was disappointment over Article 6 at COP28, but the carbon markets may yet have a key role to play in the transition, writes Peter Cripps

  • COP28: carnival of chaos

    08 December 2023

    The climate negotiations have become a sideshow at the world's biggest sustainable finance conference, writes Peter Cripps

  • COP28: Coal plant shut-down deal takes significant step forward, but will still operate until 2035

    07 December 2023

    From Peter Cripps at COP28 in Dubai

  • VOX COP: Pierre Abadie - renewables pledge 'is big deal'

    05 December 2023

    An agreement to treble investments in renewable energy and double investment in energy efficiency has made COP28 the most important UN climate summit for years, according to Pierre Abadie, group climate director at impact investor Tikehau Capital.

  • COP28: Opening ceremony invokes spirit of Yoda

    30 November 2023

    The curtain was raised on the COP28 climate jamboree today, with a colourful session in which its President made the case for including fossil fuels and a top UN climate chief invoked the wisdom of Yoda.

  • COP28: 'Unrealistic' to expect agreement to phase out fossil fuels, says Deutsche Bank

    30 November 2023

    The COP28 climate talks kicking off today in Dubai are unlikely to result in an agreement to phase out fossil fuels, given its setting in one of the world's biggest oil and gas producing countries, warned Deutsche Bank.