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  • ICF sees EUA prices breaching €70 by 2020

    08 April 2009

    The failure of the EU to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets could see EU allowance (EUA) prices hitting €70 ($93) by that date, according to consultancy ICF International. And wholesale power prices in the bloc are set to double over 2010-20, ICF predicted in its latest European Power & Carbon Markets Outlook report.

  • UK set to unveil bioenergy sustainability policy

    08 April 2009

    The UK's Environment Agency (EA) will in a fortnight unveil its policy on the greenhouse gas emissions produced by bioenergy in its full life-cycle, from the growing of feedstock crops to consumption.

  • Banks must do more on climate – BankTrack

    02 April 2009

    Banks are not doing enough to ensure they are not "financing climate catastrophe", BankTrack has said.

  • ESG applied to $300 billion of investment in emerging markets

    02 April 2009

    More than $300 billion is invested in 'sustainable' emerging market funds, or mainstream funds which have promised to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into their investment process, according to the first survey of the sector, commissioned by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

  • International task force to plan green stimulus strategy

    02 April 2009

    The World Economic Forum has set up a task force to identify how to create millions of green jobs and put long-term economic growth on a sustainable, low-carbon path.

  • US market welcomes Waxman-Markey climate bill

    02 April 2009

    Congressmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey have received plaudits for a bill that would create an emissions trading system in the US.

  • Clean-tech and energy investment halves in first quarter

    02 April 2009

    Investment in clean technology and clean energy plummeted in the first quarter of 2009, according to figures published this week.

  • Grim reading

    01 April 2009

    For anyone still labouring under the illusion that the clean technology sector might escape the worst of the global downturn, the release of investment numbers for the first quarter of 2009 will have come as quite a wake-up call.

  • People moves this month

    01 April 2009

    Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month

  • Time to turn the tide

    01 April 2009

    Business increasingly recognises the importance of water – and the risks posed by poor water management. But better information about the issue is urgently needed, says Sharon Nunes