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What does 'the Lima call to climate action' mean for investors?
16 December 2014The UN climate negotiations in Lima ended with a 'call to climate action' but, for many, the meagre progress was disappointing, reports Katie Kouchakji
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Canadian power company buys Enel Green Power's French arm in C$400m cash deal
16 December 2014A Canadian power producer has acquired Enel Green Power (EGP) France for C$400 million ($343 million).
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Shell shareholder resolution on carbon gets go-ahead from investors, BP set to follow
16 December 2014A shareholder resolution demanding that Shell report on its climate change strategy has attracted the 100 signatories it needs in order to be filed at the company's AGM, while a similar action against BP is on course to reach the same milestone.
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Macquarie backs fleet of UK wind projects
15 December 2014A subsidiary of the Australian investment bank Macquarie has agreed to finance seven onshore wind farms in the UK.
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JP Morgan buys stake from First Wind
12 December 2014JP Morgan Asset Management has bought majority stakes in two US wind farms.
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SolarCity and BAML in $400m deal
12 December 2014Solar leasing firm SolarCity has agreed a $400 million deal with Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) to finance new residential projects in the US.
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COP Blog: Don't turn the GCF into the Greedy Corporate Fund
10 December 2014Last week, the UN Climate Summit in Lima, Peru, kicked off amid controversy with news that Japan had counted loans for coal projects in Indonesia as international climate finance.
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COP Blog: Why finance matters to the UN talks - and business
09 December 2014As the first week of the UN negotiations in Lima wrap up, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is closer to the mythical $10 billion initial capitalisation goal that someone, somewhere decided would be the threshold for success.
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Norway doubles its GCF pledge
08 December 2014Norway has doubled the amount it will give to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), pushing it closer to its $10 billion target.
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Amundi to offer alternative to green bonds
05 December 2014Investment giant Amundi expects to develop a low-carbon debt product as an alternative to the green bond market, and expects it to attract "huge" levels of interest.