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Ban Ki-moon challenges investors to double green investments by 2020
28 January 2016UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a rallying call to investors to double their financing of clean energy by 2020, to build on the commitments of the Paris climate summit.
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Environmental pioneer Maurice Strong dies
01 December 2015Maurice Strong, whose pioneering work at the UN in the 1970s paved the way for this week's landmark climate change summit in Paris, has died at the age of 86.
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Businesses lay out their demands ahead of COP21
02 November 2015A coalition representing some of the biggest companies in the world has cranked up the pressure on finance ministers to deliver a "robust and meaningful agreement" at the Paris climate summit in a month.
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INDCs can limit global warming to 2.7°C, says UN's Figueres
30 October 2015Investors have welcomed research suggesting that the national pledges made ahead of the Paris climate summit have the potential to limit global warming to 2.7°C.
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Quotes of the Quarter
26 June 2015Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the second quarter of 2015.
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Oil firms demand worldwide carbon pricing in open letter
01 June 2015A group of six oil companies have called for the introduction of a global carbon price as part of "ambitious policy frameworks" to help tackle climate change, in an open letter to world leaders.
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Of green bonds, Paris and additionality
27 May 2015I was fortunate enough to spend much of last week in Paris where thousands of people from the business, finance and political worlds converged to talk about climate change, says Peter Cripps
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French companies will be forced to report on climate metrics
26 May 2015The French government is set to pass a law requiring listed companies to report their carbon footprint and the risk climate change poses to them, in a move described as "a game changer" for the low-carbon investment movement.
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COP Blog: The principles to fuel effective climate policy
02 December 2014The climate community faces a formidable task in Lima over the next two weeks. To reach a meaningful global agreement in Paris next year, we need to ensure that every dollar of climate finance accomplishes as much as it possibly can. This requires discipline and rigor in the new tools being developed and a deliberate focus beyond reducing emissions.
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Japan and US commit $4.5bn to Green Climate Fund
17 November 2014The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) has received a major boost, as new commitments from Japan and the US more than double its working capital.