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Insurers call for government assistance with adaptation efforts
09 September 2010Government action is required if the insurance industry is to realise its potential to help developing countries adapt to climate change, according to a statement backed by more than 100 leading insurance companies.
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Old divisions blurring on European ESG reporting
09 September 2010Blue chip companies in Sweden and France are still the leaders on reporting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – but a report by GES Investment Services shows that firms in eastern Europe are catching up.
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MSCI takes over KLD's ESG indexes
09 September 2010US investment analysis and index company MSCI has formally adopted the environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes developed by KLD Research & Analytics, after it acquired the business this year.
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US doesn't need cap and trade to grow low-carbon market
09 September 2010The value of the low-carbon energy market will almost triple by 2020, even if the US does not introduce a comprehensive cap-and-trade programme, an HSBC report says.
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Momentum for climate action still here: de Boer
09 September 2010The former UN climate chief says the political momentum that existed at last year's climate talks in Copengagen remains, despite the failure to reach a global agreement and the lack of legislative progress on climate action in the US.
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China top choice for renewables investment: E&Y
09 September 2010China is the best place to invest in renewable energy, according to a study by consultancy Ernst & Young.
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Equator banks calls for more on climate from IFC
09 September 2010A group of banks has called for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to be more "assertive and innovative" on climate change, in response to proposals to revise the institution's environmental and social standards.
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China tightens deadline on hydro target?
09 September 2010China plans to meet an ambitious target to exploit its hydropower reserves in 2015 – five years ahead of earlier forecasts, according to local media reports.
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Geothermal loan first past FIPP post
09 September 2010The US Department of Energy (DOE) has closed its first loan guarantee using a lender-focused financing structure designed to ease the path for renewable energy projects.
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UK minister wants London to lead on low-carbon finance
09 September 2010UK climate change minister Greg Barker launched an initiative this week to put London at the heart of low-carbon investment.
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- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- Bahamas signs 'ground-breaking' $300m debt-for-nature loan deal
- COP29 could be remembered as the 'blended finance COP', AllianceBernstein says
- Indonesia brings forward coal phase out
- UK pledges £239m to tackle deforestation
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- Scaling Biodiversity Credits
- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'