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China's battle with smog to drive up water stress, warns report
24 October 2013China's recently announced effort to combat the smog blighting its eastern cities will exacerbate the water stress facing the country, a new report has warned.
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Next-generation biofuels maker raises $52m in $110m debt round
24 October 2013A next-generation biofuels company has raised $52 million from three unidentified investors, as part of a $110 million financing round.
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Vattenfall joins calls for 'EU carbon central bank'
23 October 2013The head of one of Europe's largest utilities has joined calls to set up a body regulating the supply of allowances in the continent's beleaguered emissions trading system.
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Macquarie targets Japanese solar through ¥100bn joint venture
23 October 2013Macquarie Capital and Japanese construction and engineering group Maeda Corporation have launched a joint venture to invest in and raise finance for solar power projects.
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UK renewables projects earmarked for government loan guarantees
22 October 2013A number of renewable energy projects have been earmarked to receive government guarantees worth up to £33 billion ($53 billion) in total, the UK Treasury announced today.
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Gates takes €113m stake in Spain's FCC
22 October 2013Microsoft founder Bill Gates has bought a 6% stake in Spanish infrastructure and environmental services company FCC for €113.5 million ($155.9 million).
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Water is major risk to miners' competitiveness, warn bank analysts
22 October 2013Water-related risks such as scarcity, pollution and flooding are a significant and growing threat to mining companies' operating costs, efficiency and licence to operate, says a new bank study.
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Advanced biofuels maker gets $100m from Khosla, Gates
22 October 2013Khosla Ventures and Gates Ventures have, in two separate transactions, committed to invest a total of $100 million to help a US manufacturer of non-food biofuels to expand its production capacity.
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'Climate finance' investments fall in 2012 as 2°C target drifts further away
22 October 2013The amount of climate finance invested fell last year to $359 billion, a study has revealed, with private investments showing a marked slowdown.
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Green infrastructure needs $1trn/year from institutional investors, says OECD
21 October 2013Governments and policymakers are looking to pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors to provide up to $1 trillion a year for green infrastructure, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- Texas sues BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard over ESG strategy on coal
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- After COP29, can voluntary carbon markets scale again?
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- Barclays begins stress-testing for nature
- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'