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New institutions, laws needed to close China's $243bn climate finance gap – report
25 March 2013China should establish a green investment bank and a 'national climate fund' to close what is projected to be a $243 billion/year shortfall in climate finance by 2020, according to a report commissioned by the country's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
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GIB backs Aviva health-sector energy centre fund
25 March 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has committed £50 million ($76 million) to a fund to invest in high-efficiency heat and power generation at hospital sites.
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Regulation holding back green investment, says German insurer body
22 March 2013German insurers want to significantly expand their investments into renewable energy and infrastructure projects but are held back by overly-strict regulations, according to the German insurance association.
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Green Investment Bank strikes first offshore wind equity deal
22 March 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has made its first direct equity investment in offshore wind, acquiring a quarter of an operating project from Germany's RWE.
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Greencoat Capital pulls off £260m wind investment float
22 March 2013Greencoat Capital has raised £260 million ($396 million) into the first listed investment fund aimed at UK renewables, in an over-subscribed offering.
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UK government mulling markets for water abstraction
22 March 2013The UK government is to consult later this year on options for reform of the water abstraction regime, including the possibility of introducing water markets.
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Suntech insolvency could trigger sector consolidation 'despite bailout'
21 March 2013The bankruptcy of Suntech's main unit could trigger consolidation of China's solar industry even if the company gets bailed out by the local government, according to analysts.
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UK selects final two in £1bn CCS competition
21 March 2013The UK government has selected two preferred bidders in its £1 billion ($1.5 billion) carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition, in a "watershed" move for the technology in Europe.
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Energy efficiency 'better boosted by technical assistance' than project funding
21 March 2013Public money might be better spent giving technical assistance to energy efficiency projects, rather than directly investing in them, the head of the European Commission's energy efficiency unit has said.
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On-bill repayment has 'great promise' for US
20 March 2013On-bill repayment (OBR) of renewable energy and energy efficiency retrofits is still a work in progress, but holds great promise for standardising and scaling clean energy projects, a conference heard.
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- After COP29, can voluntary carbon markets scale again?
- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- EU sustainability 'omnibus' regulations 'like a bad omelette'