UK commissions research into renewables policy risk
The UK government is to commission a study into how best to combat the policy risk that suppresses investment in renewable energy, Environmental Finance has learned.
World Bank issues $550m green bond
The World Bank has returned to the green bond market in a follow-up to its record-breaking $1 billion offering earlier this year.
EIB to phase out coal-fired lending
One of the world's biggest energy lenders, the European Investment Bank, has adopted new lending policies expected to see it phase out the financing of coal-fired power plants.
EIB issues record-breaking €650m green bond
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €650 million ($849.4 million) Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) – the largest ever green bond to be denominated in euros, and the first to use the EIB's ECoop framework.
AfDB plans $500m green bond issue by end October
The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to issue a $500 million green bond in September or October, Environmental Finance can reveal.
Can green bonds go mainstream?
The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell
China kicks off carbon trading pilot
China's first carbon trading programme has been welcomed by industry experts as a key step on the road to a national carbon market. Graham Cooper reports