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Climate Action – how the bond market can finance the fight
05 September 2019The green bond market and the carbon markets could be combined to help decarbonise the economy, suggests Mark Leahy.
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Global Commission on Adaptation urged to develop climate risk tools
22 July 2019The Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) has been urged to consider funding the development of climate data risk analysis tools for investors, in a report that says it could help solve one of the biggest barriers to investment in climate adaptation measures.
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EIB partners with big name investors on clean energy fund
29 May 2019A €100 million ($111 million) investment fund that aims "to bring radically new clean energy technologies to the market" has been launched by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a private venture chaired by Bill Gates.
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The 12 themes set to shape 2019
04 January 2019What are the areas to watch for responsible investing in 2019, asks Peter Cripps
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People moves: IOSCO, London Stock Exchange Group, Simmons & Simmons, UBS
19 October 2018Peter Damgaard Jensen has been appointed as co-organizer of the newly founded Global Commission on Adaptation. Damgaard Jensen also acts as CEO of Danish pension scheme PKA and chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), an investor association taking action to support a low-carbon future.
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The 10 biggest announcements made so far at COP21
09 December 2015Pledges to decarbonise portfolios, ramp-up solar generation, and build 300GW of clean energy in Africa are among Environmental Finance's list of the most important announcements made so far at COP21.
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Gates takes €113m stake in Spain's FCC
22 October 2013Microsoft founder Bill Gates has bought a 6% stake in Spanish infrastructure and environmental services company FCC for €113.5 million ($155.9 million).
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Advanced biofuels maker gets $100m from Khosla, Gates
22 October 2013Khosla Ventures and Gates Ventures have, in two separate transactions, committed to invest a total of $100 million to help a US manufacturer of non-food biofuels to expand its production capacity.