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  • EU carbon prices hit record after climate goal agreement

    11 December 2020

  • Hydrogen's explosive potential to green the economy

    09 October 2020

    'Green' hydrogen promises many benefits to help decarbonise our economies, but it may need EU carbon prices to be five times higher by 2030. Ahren Lester reports.

  • ECB gives green light to sustainability-linked bonds

    23 September 2020

    The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) will be eligible as collateral and for its asset purchase programmes from 2021, delivering an important boost to the nascent asset class.

  • IMF publicly supports EU proposal to apply carbon pricing to imports

    18 September 2020

    The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed proposals by the EU to introduce carbon levies to imports if major emitting countries are unable to agree a minimum carbon price.

  • EUA prices 'could soar to €51 by 2030' after EU raises climate ambition

    17 September 2020

    A raised EU target to cut emissions by 2030 could send average carbon prices 55% higher than previously forecast over the next decade, hitting a new record of €50 by 2030, according to a report by Refinitiv.

  • EU targets €225bn green bond issuance amid strengthened climate push

    16 September 2020

    The EU said it intends to raise 30% of its €750 billion ($890 billion) Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery fund through the issuance of green bonds, as it boosted its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions target for 2030.

  • EU's €750bn recovery plan to use green taxonomy

    28 May 2020

    The European Commission's €750 billion ($825 billion) Covid-19 recovery fund will be geared around climate action, including an expansion of the EU emissions trading scheme.

  • NGOs call on EU to scrap banking contract with BlackRock

    29 April 2020

    An open letter from 92 NGOs and civil society organisations has called for the cancellation of a contract between BlackRock and the EU Commission that will see it advise on environmental regulations for the banking sector.

  • EU Taxonomy hits roadblock

    11 December 2019

    The European Union (EU) has laid out plans to become the first climate-neutral continent in the world by 2050, although its green Taxonomy plans were blocked by the UK and France.

  • EIB delays decision on fossil fuel-free lending policy

    15 October 2019

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has delayed a decision on whether to adopt a policy that rules out lending to fossil fuel-based energy projects.