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  • Indian renewables agency to launch $305m of green bonds

    06 October 2015

    The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), the primary government body for financing the country's renewable energy sector, has announced plans to issue up to INR20 billion ($305 million) of green bonds by the end of the year.

  • French firm offers free web tool to highlight climate risk from fossil fuels

    06 October 2015

    Novethic, a French research company specialising in socially responsible investments (SRI), has launched a free web-based tool to highlight the actions being taken by national governments, investors and companies to combat climate change.

  • Quotes of the Quarter

    05 October 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the third quarter of 2015.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 5 October 2015

    05 October 2015

    Last week's rise in the EUA price suggests the carbon market has resumed the upward trend which began in March, says Louis Redshaw

  • Insurers demand action on climate change

    01 October 2015

    The leaders of 15 insurance firms have written to the governor of the Bank of England demanding "urgent action" on climate change.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 28 September 2015

    28 September 2015

    EU carbon prices have been bucking the downward trend in most commodity markets, but there is potential for further losses this week as global economic headwinds appear strong and persistent, says Louis Redshaw

  • China to roll out carbon-trading system in 2017

    25 September 2015

    China is expected to announce today that it will push back the launch of its long-awaited national emissions trading system (ETS) to 2017.

  • Drax halts further investment in £1bn carbon capture project after subsidy cuts

    25 September 2015

    Drax Group, which owns the UK's largest power station is halting further spending on its £1 billion ($1.53 billion) carbon capture storage (CCS) project, blaming the country's "drastically different" investment landscape for renewable energy.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 21 September 2015

    23 September 2015

    Economic fears saw carbon prices fall last week and choppy trading is expected this week, says Louis Redshaw

  • 2015 has seen an 'inexorable rise' in voluntary carbon pricing for corporates, says CDP

    23 September 2015

    There has been an "inexorable rise" in the number of public companies putting a price on carbon, according to a report from CDP.