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Investors call for reform of the EU ETS
18 April 2012The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) needs to be fixed, according to a group of institutional investors representing €7.5 trillion ($9.8 trillion) in assets.
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CSAPR petitioners quizzed over legal arguments
17 April 2012The parties protesting against the US introducing the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) faced tough questions from a panel of judges last week over whether their arguments were eligible or not.
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AIR models supply chain catastrophe risks
17 April 2012Risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has launched a product to help risk managers better assess and reduce catastrophe risks from their supply chains.
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Citi $6.4bn closer to climate investment target in 2011
17 April 2012Citi facilitated or made $6.4 billion of investments to help mitigate climate change in 2011, putting the US banking giant comfortably on course to exceed its target of $50 billion in such investments by 2017.
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Clean energy M&A rises in first quarter
13 April 2012Clean energy mergers and acquisitions (M&A) surged in the first quarter of 2012, while private equity investments and public market activity were all down, according to figures from VB Research.
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No US wind farms planned, or turbines ordered, for 2013 – AWEA
13 April 2012The US wind energy industry is set to come to a grinding halt at the end of this year unless a crucial production tax credit (PTC) for renewable energy is extended, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has warned.
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BrightSource Energy withdraws IPO
12 April 2012Solar thermal developer BrightSource Energy has withdrawn its initial public offering (IPO) due to adverse market conditions.
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Italian renewables tariff review dismays industry
12 April 2012Italy is to cut the tariff it pays to solar energy installations by 35% on average, according to decrees approved by the industry and environment ministries.
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Clean energy investment slumps in first quarter
12 April 2012New investment in clean energy in the first quarter of 2012 totalled $27 billion – some 28% down on the previous quarter and 22% below the total for the same quarter last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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RBS aims to save £200m through environmental targets
12 April 2012The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced plans to save £200 million ($319 million) by 2020 via new environmental targets.
- 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'
- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- UK pledges £239m to tackle deforestation
- EU sustainability 'omnibus' regulations 'like a bad omelette'