Archive

  • Experts anticipate role for markets in CAIR's return

    29 April 2010

    Emissions market experts remain hopeful that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will preserve some element of trading in a revamped Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) programme, due out in the coming weeks.

  • IMF staffers table $100bn/year climate finance plan

    25 March 2010

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published proposals for raising the $100 billion/year called for in the Copenhagen Accord to tackle climate change in developing countries – proposals it says could help forge an international climate change deal.

  • Emissions market questions Carper's CAIR fix

    25 March 2010

    A proposed legislative fix for the troubled US Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) programme has good prospects, but may not be the best solution for the emissions trading markets, observers said.

  • Stern backs $100bn IMF climate fund plan

    11 March 2010

    A 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.

  • EU greening funds insufficient and unspent, NGOs warn

    04 March 2010

    Most 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.

  • EIB to raise climate lending to €20 billion

    01 March 2010

    The 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.

  • Obama ups renewables funding, cuts fossil subsidies

    04 February 2010

    Clean energy was a winner in US President Barack Obama's proposed budget, with major funding increases despite his pledge to control spending.

  • OPIC to slash portfolio emissions 50%

    01 February 2010

    The 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.

  • Japanese investors tapped for green bonds

    01 February 2010

    Nikko Asset Management is to launch a fund this month offering Japanese retail investors exposure to 'green' bonds issued by the World Bank.

  • US sulphur emissions continue their fall

    01 February 2010

    US sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions have continued their sharp decline, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).