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Climate Bonds Initiative forecasts over $80bn green bonds in 2016
11 November 2016Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has revised its forecast for green bond issuances in 2016 to $80 billion and "maybe higher".
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Hannon Armstrong raises $77m from latest share sale
10 November 2016Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) has raised approximately $76.9 million, after expenses, from its latest public equity offering.
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IETA and CMIA press for airlines to use project-level REDD+ credits
10 November 2016Two leading trade associations have come together to lobby for carbon credits from small-scale forest protection projects to be used in the forthcoming international carbon market for airlines – the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (Corsia).
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NRW Bank to issue fourth green bond
10 November 2016NRW Bank, the development agency of the German North Rhine-Westphalia federal state, has mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch and DZ Bank as joint-lead managers for a 10-year green bond.
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US carbon market falls following elections
10 November 2016The US carbon market fell following the victory of Donald Trump in the Presidential election. Prices of carbon in both the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the California cap-and-trade scheme dropped the day after the results were been announced.
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Solactive and Oekom to help divestment policy of Berlin's pension funds
10 November 2016The state of Berlin, one of Germany's 16 federal states, has chosen index provider Solactive and specialist research firm Oekom to help it implement a long-term divestment strategy for its public pension funds.
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COP blog: The price of not investing in water
10 November 2016European Investment Bank
This week in Marrakesh I'll have water very much on my mind as my colleagues and I join experts and partners from the world's development banks and international financial institutions to pin down just how we are going to put the Paris Agreement into practice and to assess our progress since last year. -
Sustainable investors see the bright side in the Trump shock
09 November 2016Sustainable investors are optimistic that Donald Trump's victory will not be as negative for their portfolios as many of the headlines suggest.
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Trump's election threatens an additional 3.4 billion tonnes of carbon emissions
09 November 2016Donald Trump's election victory could overturn the US's plans to reduce carbon emissions. Independent emerging technologies research firm Lux Research estimates an eight year Trump presidency could result in as much as 3.4 billion metric tonnes extra US carbon emissions compared with than a Clinton one.
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COP blog: Words must now drive action
09 November 2016IIGCC
As a fortnight of crucial UN climate talks get underway in Marrakesh, IIGCC institutional investor members are optimistic about the political momentum that has accrued around the climate agenda over recent weeks