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Guiding light
01 May 2009The World Bank has long played a pioneering role in carbon finance – and, with new markets and new mechanisms planned for a post-2012 climate agreement, there is plenty of innovation yet to come. Christopher Cundy reports
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An eye on certainty
01 May 2009Profound questions remain unanswered on the when and how of US federal greenhouse gas regulation. But enough clues are emerging to allow for pre-compliance hedging and arbitrage, as Jay McCall explains
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Playing REDD without losing your shirt
01 May 2009Reducing emissions from deforestation will be a crucial part of a post-2012 climate change agreement – and carbon finance is likely to play its part. Martin Berg and Andrew Hedges consider how early movers might position themselves
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Helping the panda escape the bear
01 May 2009Recent falls in the price of CERs has hit project development in China – the engine of the CDM. Hajime Watanabe suggests how China's authorities might respond
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Nothing ventured ...
01 May 2009Rob Wylie was advising clean-technology companies long before the phrase was born – and successfully launched the UK's first venture fund in the sector. As his second fund closes in on its £150 million target, he talks to Mark Nicholls
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EPA sees CAIR replacement in two years
30 April 2009The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hopes to have an emissions control programme to replace the rejected Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) established in two years, according to a top EPA official.
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SEB sees more demand for World Bank climate bonds
30 April 2009A third World Bank climate bond issue is in the wings, Environmental Finance has learned from the Swedish bank that has placed the previous two issues. And European investors are planning to buy further bonds once the currently high costs of swapping dollars with euros have fallen, according to Christopher Flensborg, a coordinator in SEB's capital markets team.
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HSBC hits €117m for 1st close of green infrastructure fund
30 April 2009HSBC has raised €117 million ($156 million) of a targeted €500 million into its Environmental Infrastructure Fund.
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First Wind scores financing for major Utah project
30 April 2009Californian wind farm developer First Wind has secured $376 million to finance the first phase of a 203.5MW wind farm in Utah, involving a syndicate of nine banks.
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Commission slams 'patchy progress' on EU renewables goals
30 April 2009The EU is unlikely to meet renewable energy targets set for 2010, according to a report by the European Commission, which forecasts renewables will make up 19% of the bloc's electricity supply and 4% of the transport fuels by next year.