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  • The road to Paris: this time is different!

    12 November 2015

    With only a few weeks to go until the start of the UN climate change conference in Paris, Charlie Thomas explains why he is optimistic about the talks.

  • Schneider Electric issues €200m green bond

    09 November 2015

    Schneider Electric has issued its inaugural €200 million ($215 million) green bond.

  • Trade in forest-based carbon credits reaches record high

    05 November 2015

    The value of forest-based carbon credits traded last year soared 17% to a record $257 million from $219 million in 2013, according to Ecosystem Marketplace.

  • BlackRock warns on stranded assets

    04 November 2015

    BlackRock has warned that companies with high-cost fossil fuel reserves are at risk of being devalued, adding that "climate change has arrived as an investment issue".

  • Businesses lay out their demands ahead of COP21

    02 November 2015

    A coalition representing some of the biggest companies in the world has cranked up the pressure on finance ministers to deliver a "robust and meaningful agreement" at the Paris climate summit in a month.

  • EF BRIEFS: Union Group, BlackRock, HomeStreet, Chinese cement

    01 November 2015

    The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) has agreed to invest $3.5 million in two hydro plants in Peru.

  • Green Climate Fund under pressure to shun HSBC and Credit Agricole

    30 October 2015

    Environmental NGOs have urged the UN's Green Climate Fund not to work with HSBC and Credit Agricole in order to "maintain its integrity".

  • INDCs can limit global warming to 2.7°C, says UN's Figueres

    30 October 2015

    Investors have welcomed research suggesting that the national pledges made ahead of the Paris climate summit have the potential to limit global warming to 2.7°C.

  • Climate change of +4°C would be "uninsurable", says Axa chairman

    30 October 2015

    If climate change raises average global temperatures to 4°C above pre-industrial levels, most assets would be uninsurable, Henri de Castries, chairman and CEO of Axa Group told an insurance seminar in Paris.

  • Clear outcome at COP21 would enable BNP Paribas' 'dream' of internal carbon pricing

    30 October 2015

    A clear outcome at the climate negotiations in Paris would facilitate BNP Paribas Investment Partners' (BNPP IP) integration of carbon pricing into its funds, according to a specialist at the asset manager.