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Deutsche to stop financing for new coal projects
01 February 2017Deutsche Bank has committed to not provide financing for new coal-fired power plants and new 'greenfield' thermal coal mines.
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KfW identifies energy efficiency as a major financing theme
01 February 2017German development bank KfW financed some €20.7 billion ($22.3 billion) of energy efficiency projects last year, out of total commitments of €81 billion.
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Green growth is the deal of the century. Will the Dealmaker-in-Chief realise it?
01 February 2017If Donald Trump really wants to 'get America winning again', he ought to seize opportunities presented by the transition to a low-carbon economy, argues Fenella Aouane.
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CBI's green bond themes to look out for in 2017
31 January 2017More sovereign issuance and harmonisation of standards are two of the themes set to shape the green bond market in 2017, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
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Weather hedging could save wind farms $56bn, says insurer
31 January 2017Wind energy investors are losing some $56 billion in 'untapped asset values' as a result of their failure to transfer weather risk efficiently, according to an insurance underwriter.
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Yieldco NESF secures £150m debt facility
31 January 2017UK yieldco NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has secured a £150 million ($186 million) long-term debt facility from a syndicate of lenders.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 30 January 2017
30 January 2017Compliance buying ahead of the April deadline is unlikley to be enough to support EU Allowance prices if warmer weather returns, says Louis Redshaw.
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EU's carbon emissions drop 4.5% as generation shifts from coal to gas
30 January 2017EU carbon emissions fell 4.5% in 2016 to 1018 million tonnes, primarily driven by a shift in power generation from carbon-intensive coal to gas.
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Best performing funds of 2016: Impax Environmental Markets (Ireland) Fund
30 January 2017An uptick in investors' interest in environmental-themed equities, following the Paris Agreement, helped make 2016 a 'vintage' year for the Impax Environmental Markets (Ireland) Fund, reports Hamza Ali
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Green bond market expected to exceed $120bn in 2017
30 January 2017The fast-growing green bond market is predicted to exceed $120 billion in new issuances this year, but the rate of growth is unlikely to exceed that seen in 2016, according to an Environmental Finance survey.