News

• Clean-tech association for Africa is launched

  25 October 2011

  An association to represent the interests of the African clean-tech sector was launched on Monday in South Africa.

• Japan's 2020 emissions target under threat

  25 October 2011

  Japan's pledge to cut its emissions to 25% below 1990 levels by 2020 could be revised if it is not legally adopted this year, warned observers, as hopes dim for passage of a climate bill enshrining the target, despite parliament resuming for an extraordinary session last week.

• Investment giant State Street to launch green bond funds

  24 October 2011

  State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched a green bond "investment strategy" and is developing funds that will use the strategy.

• Eurosif to reconsider market survey methodology

  24 October 2011

  The European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif) is to reconsider the methodology that underpins its benchmark survey of the size of the European responsible investment market.

• California sets carbon trading rules, despite concerns

  24 October 2011

  The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has adopted final regulations for the world's second largest cap-and-trade system, despite unresolved concerns over allowance allocations, buyer liability for offsets and the size of the overall market.

• EU smart grid preparations lag technology advances

  20 October 2011

  The EU needs to do much more if it is to achieve sustainable electricity supplies managed by smart grids across the bloc's 27 member states, according to experts.

• IFC launches mechanism to fund clean-tech start-ups in developing world

  20 October 2011

  The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is piloting a mechanism to invest in early stage clean-tech companies 'home grown' in the developing world, and to help start-ups in industrialised countries begin operations in low-income countries.

• Investors 'not running for the exit' after Solyndra – Cleantech Group

  20 October 2011

  Investors will not shy away from the clean-tech sector because of the collapse of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, according to an executive from the Cleantech Group.

• EU backs project bonds for green energy infrastructure

  20 October 2011

  The European Commission is proposing to back project bonds that will make it easier to build and finance cross-border power lines and ultimately create an EU-wide power network.

• Directory to connect up renewables firms with capital

  20 October 2011

  The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and data provider Clean Energy pipeline have launched an online directory to help renewables project developers and entrepreneurs find investors.