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  • Backloading to drive '15% global carbon market growth in 2014'

    08 January 2014

    The value of the global carbon markets will rise this year for the first time since 2011 as a result of an agreement to boost the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), analysts have forecast.

  • So far, so good...

    12 December 2013

    It's been a solid first year for California's cap-and-trade scheme, and market participants are upbeat about 2014, when new buyers will likely emerge and the programme will link with Quebec. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports

  • Bloomberg attempts to quantify risk of 'stranded assets'

    09 December 2013

    A tool to help investors and companies quantify the potential risk they face if fossil fuel assets become 'stranded' as a result of government action to combat climate change, has been launched by Bloomberg.

  • Poland must lead at UN climate talks

    11 November 2013

    As COP19 begins, getting the right financial frameworks in place is crucial to a global climate deal, argues Stephanie Pfeifer

  • Clean energy investment set to fall in 2013 – BNEF

    14 October 2013

    Global investment in clean energy is set for a second successive annual fall after plunging 20% in the third quarter, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

  • UK GIB eyes first offshore wind construction investment

    09 September 2013

    The UK's pioneering Green Investment Bank is preparing to expand its remit with its first investment in offshore wind construction, it has revealed.

  • Chinese wind giant issues $300m bond

    06 August 2013

    One of China's largest wind power developers has issued a $300 million bond.

  • EU-China solar trade deal 'relief' for investors

    30 July 2013

    A compromise suggested by the EU and China in their long-running solar trade dispute has been hailed as a relief for investors, but could deal a further blow to Europe's solar manufacturers and installers.

  • Renewables investment set for further falls, report warns

    23 July 2013

    Investment in renewables is likely to continue to decline, at least in the near term, partly as a result of the US shale gas boom, a new report has warned.

  • Have solar stocks finally turned a corner?

    25 June 2013

    Many solar stocks have enjoyed a stellar start to 2013, with some having tripled in value. Could a brighter future for the long-suffering sector finally be in sight, asks Peter Cripps