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EEX announces fee holiday for renewables credits
31 January 2014An exchange is to waive fees for traders of Guarantees of Origin (GoO) renewable energy certificates, in a bid to boost the attractiveness of the market.
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Conservation finance 'has $300bn a year market potential', says report
30 January 2014The development of a market to finance conservation projects could attract between $200 billion and $300 billion of private capital per year, a new report has claimed.
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Investors seek more catastrophe risk
The catastrophe risk transfer market is set for further growth, with a range of new products available for investors, says Barney Schauble, managing partner at Nephila Advisors.
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Setting the standard
23 January 2014As the Gold Standard celebrates its 10th anniversary, it is on the verge of expanding its reach beyond carbon projects and into water, says Katie Kouchakji
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EU ETS oversupply to disappear by 2025 if Commission plan is adopted – UBS
23 January 2014The European Commission proposed 2030 Climate and Energy package would remove the entire oversupply in the region's carbon market by 2025 if adopted, according to analysts.
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Solar fund targets £150m IPO
23 January 2014One of Europe's largest solar farm managers today revealed plans to become the latest renewables group to tap the public markets.
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Commission eyes 'stability reserve' to support EU ETS
21 January 2014The European Commission is expected to announce tomorrow plans to set up a reserve of emission allowances to help revive the EU's troubled emissions trading system (ETS).
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Australia faces laws of unintended consequences
21 January 2014Australia's change of direction on climate change policy is causing concern among the financial community. Graham Cooper reports
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Large-scale programmatic CDM project issues 80,000 offsets
20 January 2014The developer of a biogas project in China has completed the biggest-ever issuance of offsets from a 'programmatic' Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project.
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A bright future
17 January 2014Gianleo Frisari explains how public finance can accelerate the development of concentrated solar power