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PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
22 July 2010With the run-up to the Copenhagen talks, 2009 was the year of climate change. For many, this year is all about biodiversity – indeed, for the UN, 2010 is its International Year of Biodiversity.
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IPO OF THE YEAR
22 July 2010Of the few companies that listed in the public markets over the past year, many have taken investors on a stomach-flipping rollercoaster ride.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY DEAL OF THE YEAR
22 July 2010The message from the industry is clear: if the EU is to meet its ambitious renewable energy targets, massive investment in the sector is needed.
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CARBON FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR
22 July 2010Registering the first 'programmatic' Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project was always going to be a stand-out moment in the development of the carbon market.
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WEATHER RISK DEAL OF THE YEAR
22 July 2010Environmental Finance's Weather Risk Deal of the Year was groundbreaking in several ways: it was in a developing country and was a complex 'quanto' product, combining weather and commodity risk.
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Innovation and uncertainty
22 July 2010The global economy may be limping back to health, but it's been another tough 12 months for environmental markets. Environmental Finance recognises the stand-out deals that have overcome adversity
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Environmental Finance Awards 2010
22 July 2010The annual Environmental Finance Awards recognise excellence in the application of financial markets know-how to the world's most pressing environmental problems.
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CATASTROPHE RISK DEAL OF THE YEAR
22 July 2010In the US catastrophe insurance-linked securities market, almost half of all deals are referenced to industry loss estimates, quickly produced by an independent third party to provide an objective, transparent assessment of the impact on the insurance industry of a particular event.
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Reid schedules utility-only bill for Senate debate (from Carbon Finance)
15 July 2010US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) plans to introduce legislation for a carbon trading system covering only electric utilities for debate on the Senate floor in late July.
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Envirogen raises $50m from institutional investor
15 July 2010Water firm Envirogen Technologies has secured $50 million in equity financing from an institutional investor.