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Nuclear inclusion would 'jeopardise' EU Taxonomy, warn ministers

Nuclear power should be excluded from the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities in order to not "jeopardise" the credibility and usefulness of the landmark 'green' regulation, according to environment ministers from five EU countries - including Germany

COP26 round-up, 11 November: US and China; buildings; and 'not humanity's turning point'

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Overall, we expect a positive step forward, but perhaps not yet 'the turning point for humanity' that the UK government hosts had been hoping for" - Sam Arie, UBS. (See below for more information)

'Five years is definitely too long' for NDCs to be updated, says Impax

The five-year review period of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Climate Agreement is no longer viable, Impax Asset Management's Chris Dodwell has argued.

Russia adopts national green taxonomy

Russia has adopted its own national taxonomy of 'green' activities which has been designed to be broadly in line with the taxonomies already published by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) and EU.

KfW launches Latin America green bond fund

KfW has invested €74 million ($86 million) in a Latin America green bond fund the German development bank has initiated...

COP26 draft agreement 'needs more ambition'

A draft agreement thrashed out at COP26 has been praised for committing to phase out coal and subsidies for fossil fuels, but was lambasted for failing to scale up climate finance to the most vulnerable countries, and was accused of an overall lack of ambition.

COP26 round-up, 10 November: Cars, Amazon and asset owners

COP climate finance commitments are 'flimflam, but good flimflam'

The string of headline-grabbing climate finance commitments announced at the COP26 UN climate summit are "flimflam...

COP26 round-up, 9 November: Nuclear, Obama and gender

AIIB: Investors must focus on developing countries

Private investors must focus more on adaptation to climate change in developing countries if COP26 is to be a success...