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US carbon prices buoyant as more states eye trading
26 August 2015Prices of emission allowances in North America's mandatory carbon markets have been rising this year, amid speculation that more states may join them or set up linked trading regimes.
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US government to insure PACE mortgages in bid to ramp up energy transition
26 August 2015The US government has pledged to insure mortgages for homes under Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) in order to boost the programme's flagging residential market.
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Sweden tops Sarasin's new sovereign sustainability matrix
26 August 2015Sweden has come top of J. Safra Sarasin's newly created sovereign sustainability matrix, which Sarasin says will complement existing ratings for sovereign bond issuers.
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Henderson SRI fund measures carbon footprint
26 August 2015Henderson Global Care Growth Fund has started analysing the carbon footprint of its portfolio using Trucost data, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Denham Capital eyes Asian renewables in $200m partnership
25 August 2015Private equity firm Denham Capital is committing $200 million to a new partnership to build and acquire energy assets in Asia.
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Banks agree to provide £1bn debt facility for London's 'super sewer'
25 August 2015A debt facility of £1 billion ($1.6 billion) is being provided by six banks to the consortium of long-term investors that will finance and own a major new sewer to be built beneath the river Thames in London.
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ING Bank H1 sustainable lending increases to €20.9bn
25 August 2015ING Bank has increased its sustainable lending for the first half of the year to €20.9 billion ($24.1 billion), an increase of 7% compared with the proceeding half year.
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National plans for 2030 carbon emissions are too weak, warn academics
25 August 2015The national carbon reduction pledges announced ahead of the Paris climate summit are insufficient to keep global warming to safe levels by 2030, UK academics have warned.
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How COP21 is already starting to change the investment landscape
24 August 2015With less than 100 days to go until the start of the Paris climate summit (COP 21), investors are already starting to take note of some major policy announcements, argues Christina Larkin
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Green bond market still on-track for record-breaking year, says SEB
24 August 2015The green bond market is on track for another record-breaking year, according to SEB, although it conceded that its previous estimate of $70 billion of issuance now looks "a bit optimistic".