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  • COP27: UN expert group tries to draw 'red line' around 'toxic' net-zero pledges

    08 November 2022

    A UN-appointed expert group has published recommendations for net zero pledges to reduce the risk of 'greenwashing', with proposed measures including the "phasing out" of fossil fuels.

  • UN announces net zero expert group

    04 April 2022

  • A Canadian take on sustainability

    26 September 2019

    Canada's resource-intensive economy can be a sustainability transition model for others, Tiff Macklem, chair of Canada's Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance, tells Michael Hurley

  • Canada seeks more opportunities in sustainable finance

    13 April 2018

    An Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance has been set up by the Canadian government to help the country's businesses exploit new opportunities in clean energy and other climate-related activities.

  • 90 steps forward, two steps back

    17 August 2016

    With the flagship markets of the EU and California in difficulties, advocates of carbon trading are pinning their hopes on a slew of new markets, particularly China and Canada. Graham Cooper reports

  • People Moves

    23 November 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at PRI, IEA, MSCI, Vigeo and Arise.

  • EF BRIEFS: Downing, Lekela, Recurrent Energy, Enbridge, Climate Bonds Initiative, GRI, Global CCS Institute, IETA

    06 November 2015

    London-based investment firm Downing will invest £20 million ($30 million) in biomass projects as part of a joint venture with developer Strand Energy.