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  • Why the Paris climate summit will boost REDD+

    20 May 2015

    An agreement in Paris could build on the achievements of the Warsaw Pact for REDD+ Action, and could prove a game changer for forestry, argues Mariama Vendramini

  • Investors launch platform to showcase their climate change initiatives

    20 May 2015

    A group of institutional investors, managing some $25 trillion, have launched an online platform to highlight the actions they are taking to curb climate change.

  • Shell, Statoil commit to improving disclosure of climate change risks

    20 May 2015

    Shareholders of Shell and Statoil have overwhelmingly passed resolutions committing the companies to improve disclosure of their climate change strategies and to aim for an 'A' rating in the CDP Leadership Performance Index.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 18 May 2015

    18 May 2015

    Market sentiment in the EU carbon market is generally positive, but an auction of Polish allowances this week and possible changes in exchange rates, could create some downward pressure on EU allowance prices, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Joule gains $40m to commercialise CO2-to-fuel technologies

    14 May 2015

    Joule Unlimited, a leader in waste-to-fuel biotechnologies, has secured $40m in private equity and venture debt financing to scale-up its operational facilities in Hobbs, New Mexico, and spur commercialization of its SolarConverter® system to produce ethanol and diesel fuels.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 11 May 2015

    11 May 2015

    Following the political agreement on the Market Stability Reserve, the price of EU emission allowances is likely to be driven mainly by fundament factors in the near term, says Louis Redshaw

  • CTX launches spot exchange for RGGI carbon allowances

    07 May 2015

    A spot exchange for trading emission allowances issued by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been launched by Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX).

  • ETS reform could see carbon price treble by 2020, say analysts

    06 May 2015

    The price of EU emission allowances (EUAs) could rise to more than €20 ($22.5) by 2020 from their current level of about €7.5, as a result of an agreement to curb the excess supply of allowances, analysts said.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 6 May 2015

    06 May 2015

    Low volumes this week, and no surprises expected from the MSR talks, mean any downward pressure on EUA prices is likely to be limited, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Banks too slow to curb coal financing, say NGOs

    05 May 2015

    Global financing for coal mining and coal-fired power generation remained unchanged last year at about $144 billion, despite the financial distress of leading coal miners and many banks increasing their support for renewable energy.