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The Green Climate Fund poised for investment
19 October 2015The Green Climate Fund has reached critical mass and is readying itself for COP 21. Sophie Robinson-Tillett speaks to its head of private finance about the changes needed to bring climate finance into the mainstream
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Growing the corporate green bond market
16 October 2015The enormous potential of companies to tap the green bond market has yet to be realised. Sophie Robinson-Tillett asks why
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UK GIB raises further £335m for offshore wind fund
13 October 2015The UK Green Investment Bank's (GIB) offshore wind fund has reached £818 million ($1.25 billion) of capitalisation as its reaches second close – making it the country's largest ever renewables fund.
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JP Morgan named top green bond underwriter in Q3
12 October 2015JP Morgan regained the top spot in the green bond underwriters' league table in the third quarter of 2015.
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Washington State prices $51m green bond
09 October 2015Washington State has issued $51 million of green bonds, well above previous estimates from market observers.
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UK renewables subsidy cuts blamed for solar companies' collapse
09 October 2015Government cuts to UK subsidies for small-scale solar installations have come under fire after two rooftop solar companies went into administration within hours of each other and a third said it would exit the UK market.
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Climate finance for emerging markets jumps 19% to $62bn in 2014
08 October 2015Finance from industrialised nations to support climate change projects in developing countries rose 19% to $62 billion in 2014 from $52 billion the previous year, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Can Paris deliver a meaningful climate deal?
07 October 2015Attempts to build a global agreement from a series of national pledges will help industry and financiers plan low-carbon investments beyond 2020, even if they don't restrict global warming to 2°C, says Graham Cooper
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SunEdison plans more third party asset sales, as yieldcos falter
07 October 2015US renewables giant SunEdison said it will sell more of its operational assets to third parties, or drop them down into its warehouse facilities, rather than sell them to its yieldco subsidiaries, due to changes in market conditions.
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French pension fund plans to extend low carbon activities
05 October 2015The French public sector pension scheme, ERAFP is considering ways to extend its "low carbon" activities, including a dedicated low carbon equity fund.