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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
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Breakthrough or breakdown?
01 February 2010While it would be a mistake to write Copenhagen off as a complete disaster, it has left international climate policy in disarray – and business, investors and carbon traders asking, so what now? Mark Nicholls reports
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Little cheer for carbon traders
01 February 2010Optimists can look to the Copenhagen Accord as potentially providing the foundations for a future global climate agreement. But, for carbon traders and financiers, with more immediate concerns, it is hard to see any upside in Copenhagen's outcome.
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Investors look to the nation state
01 February 2010Before the first negotiators had landed in Copenhagen, investors were already downplaying the likely significance of the talks.
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The end of the market (as we know it)?
01 February 2010The shape of the voluntary carbon market in the US is changing – and will change still further depending on how federal cap and trade plays out, says Lenny Hochschild
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US adds record-breaking wind capacity in 2009
28 January 2010Almost 10GW of wind energy capacity was added last year in the US, according to figures from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), breaking all records – and despite the global economic strife in 2009.
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Australian real estate funds, firms lead green rankings
28 January 2010Most real estate funds and companies are not yet actively managing their environmental impacts, according to a report commissioned by three European institutional investors.
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Hermes makes first close on UK clean-tech fund
28 January 2010The UK government's clean-tech private equity fund achieved its first close at £125 million ($202 million) on Tuesday.
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UK biofuel suppliers fall short of sustainability targets
28 January 2010Several major suppliers of transport fuel in the UK failed to meet the sustainability criteria for biofuels in the first year of the government's pioneering Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO).
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Nikko to launch green bond fund in Japan
28 January 2010Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) has developed a fund for the Japanese retail market that will invest mainly in 'green' bonds issued by the World Bank.