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Analysts predict upwards path for carbon in 2010
01 February 2010Carbon prices in the EU Emissions Trading Sch eme (ETS) could rise as high as €20 ($29) a tonne of carbon dioxide (t CO2) equivalent later this year, as analysts predict no return to the heavy selling of EU allowances (EUAs) by industrial emitters seen last year.
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Funds digest
01 February 2010DB and Masdar clean-tech fund raises $265m; Proark closes European renewables fund at €101m; ATP to launch €1bn climate fund; Alstom and Schneider collaborate on €70m VC fund; Banks seed European energy efficiency fund with €95m; ECP makes first close on renewables fund
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People moves
01 February 2010Earth Capital Partners (ECP) has hired a threestrong team to advise on agriculture, forestry and biodiversity investments, with a particular focus on investing in Latin America.
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An uncertain course
01 February 2010Last year could have been so much worse in the voluntary carbon market, with trading underpinned by the prospect of climate legislation in the US, and persistent buying by committed corporate offsetters. However, the market faces an uncertain 2010. Gloria Gonzalez reports
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Time for a low-carbon portfolio standard?
01 February 2010This may not be the year for comprehensive cap-and-trade legislation, but that gives US policy-makers pause to consider how to combine carbon capture with renewables targets, says Cameron Prell
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The hidden opportunity
01 February 2010Most investors in the information and communications technology sector are overlooking a profound, long-term investment thesis that will drive valuations for years to come, say Jeff Erikson and Michael Sadowski
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Capital appreciation
01 February 2010Recession and a drift in climate policy have challenged pioneering low-carbon asset management firm Climate Change Capital. But recently appointed chief Shaun Mays remains bullish, Christopher Cundy reports
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All change in Brussels
01 February 2010Last month, the European Parliament grilled José Manuel Barroso's picks for the new Commission. Philippa Jones reports from Brussels
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Living up to their promises
01 February 2010Investors in renewable energy projects, carbon markets and low-carbon entrepreneurs find themselves exposed to hard-to-manage policy risks. But index-linked carbon bonds could tie government promises to coupon payments, helping investors hedge, say Jan-Peter Onstwedder and Michael Mainelli
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Copenhagen's mixed bag
01 February 2010Carbon traders and investors need to look to the positive elements of the Copenhagen talks – but the private sector must have a greater role in the climate talks, and greater clarity on their likely outcomes, argues Paul Kelly