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Stern backs $100bn IMF climate fund plan
11 March 2010A climate fund proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to raise $100 billion a year by 2020 has won support from climate change economics guru Nicholas Stern.
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March issue of Carbon Finance out now
11 March 2010The March issue of Carbon Finance is now available, including a look at where next for international climate change negotiations following a disappointing meeting in Copenhagen in December and the resignation of UN climate chief Yvo de Boer.
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EU greening funds insufficient and unspent, NGOs warn
04 March 2010Most EU funding for renewables and energy efficiency in central and eastern Europe has not yet been spent, a report by Friends of the Earth Europe and Bankwatch has revealed.
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Bankers call on EU to back green standards and investment
04 March 2010The EU should lead a global effort to develop green banking standards, said Blaise Desbordes, director of sustainable development at Caisse de Dépôts, a French public investment bank, at a conference in Brussels this week.
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Deloitte boosts carbon practice with dcarbon8 buy
04 March 2010Professional services firm Deloitte has acquired specialist consultancy dcarbon8 for an undisclosed sum.
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Swedish tech group makes $150m move on Tricorona
01 March 2010Swedish energy and environmental technology firm Opcon has announced an all-share offer for emissions-reduction project developer Tricorona.
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EIB to raise climate lending to €20 billion
01 March 2010The European Investment Bank hopes to lend at least €20 billion ($27 billion) to climate change initiatives this year, up from almost €17 billion in 2009.
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OPIC to slash portfolio emissions 50%
01 February 2010The US has introduced legislation requiring the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the projects it invests in by 50% over the next 15 years. markets.
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JPMorgan sews up EcoSecurities takeover
05 December 2009US investment bank JPMorgan has completed its takeover of EcoSecurities, and is considering further acquisitions in the space.
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Three G10 governments 'mulling climate-linked bonds'
03 December 2009Governments of at least three of the world's 10 largest economies are actively discussing issuing 'index-linked climate bonds', according to the think-tank that has pioneered the concept. And a number of sub-national bond issuers are also considering launching bonds whose returns are linked to policies to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, said Michael Mainelli, director of the Z/Yen Group.