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US legislators move to fix emissions markets
10 June 2010Backers of legislation to revamp the troubled sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) markets are prepared to proceed with their bill independently starting this month, but are open to combining it with a proposal for a federal programme to cap greenhouse gas emissions.
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$4bn REDD+ agreement sends glimmer of hope to private sector
03 June 2010Governments last week pledged to provide $4 billion in finance for projects to protect forests through the intergovernmental REDD+ Partnership – which also acknowledges the role of the private sector in scaling up finance for the sector.
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Investors, forest peoples in talks over forest finance
27 May 2010Investors met with forest-dependent peoples in London this week, for "non-confrontational" discussions around controversial forest financing plans.
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Environmental insurers see silver lining from Gulf spill
27 May 2010The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster is projected to be a sizeable insurance event, but could also be the largest non-insured business interruption loss in US history, one insurer has predicted, potentially leading to a surge of new environmental insurance purchases to plug coverage gaps.
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Nominations open for 2010 Environmental Finance awards
20 May 2010Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance are seeking nominations for this year's awards.
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Global Environmental Facility pledges $250 million for forest finance
20 May 2010The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has announced a funding envelope of $250 million for sustainable forestry management (SFM) initiatives, including a focus on using forests for climate change mitigation.
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Environmental markets at centre of Chesapeake clean-up plan
13 May 2010In a ground-breaking initiative that could trigger a new era in ecosystem markets, the Obama administration issued an executive order yesterday to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay, the US's largest and most polluted watershed.
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Value beyond biomass
10 May 2010Sustainability may be at the heart of forestry investing, but it remains a challenge to drive ecosystem revenues from forestry investments. Mark Nicholls reports
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Should the SO2 market be saved?
10 May 2010Paul Tesoriero considers the causes of and solutions to the collapse of the poster-child of environmental markets
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Insurers untroubled by Iceland volcano
06 May 2010Insurance companies have escaped lightly from the eruption of a volcano in Iceland, described as one of this year's most disruptive and costliest natural disasters.