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  • Warsaw climate talks keep 2015 deal within grasp

    25 November 2013

    Negotiators at this year's UN climate talks reached an agreement on how to further advance climate action ahead of global deal in 2015, but little progress was made on the financing of climate measures.

  • COP19 to lay foundations for new global climate deal

    11 November 2013

    The climate negotiations that kicked off today in Warsaw are expected to play a crucial role in laying the foundations for a new global agreement in Paris in two years' time.

  • People moves

    04 November 2013

    The latest people moves in the environmental markets, covering companies including the World Bank, Aberdeen Asset Management, Principles for Responsible Investment, Sindicatum, E.On, PwC and more

  • 'St Jude' storm could cost UK insurers £500m

    30 October 2013

    UK insurers could be hit by £300 million - £500 million ($480m-800m) of claims related to damage caused by the St Jude storm, which struck the UK on 28 October, broker Willis Re estimates.

  • IPCC's carbon budget provides new impetus to limit fossil fuel investments, say observers

    30 September 2013

    The 'carbon budget' set by scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report should help limit carbon-intensive investments, according to observers.

  • UK strike prices to 'help renewables developers tap green bond market'

    02 July 2013

    Proposed 'strike prices' to be paid by the UK government for renewable energy will help developers tap the green bond market, it was claimed today.

  • UK investors eye Lords for second chance at decarbonisation target

    05 June 2013

    Investors in clean energy in the UK hope the House of Lords will push for a target to decarbonise the power sector by 2030, despite the narrow defeat of such a proposal in Parliament yesterday.