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Investors hope for ambitious Paris agreement this weekend
11 December 2015Investors were cautiously optimistic that the Paris climate summit would over the weekend yield a landmark agreement to tackle emissions.
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Public/private-sector coalition formed to promote green investment opportunities
11 December 2015Investors, asset managers, government bodies and others have formed an alliance to promote investment opportunities in green infrastructure.
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EF Briefs: Santander, GIB, Sustainable Development Capital Ltd, First Solar, Younicos, KfW
09 December 2015Santander, GIB, SDCL and others in milestone UK lighting deal
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EF BRIEFS: 8point3, Credit Agricole, Canadian Solar, Munich RE, Euronext
07 December 2015Euronext signs up to Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative
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New fund could mobilise up to $100m for clean energy in developing countries
07 December 2015The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has kick-started a fund to finance low-carbon energy assets in developing countries, which it says could leverage more than $100 million.
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PDC hits $600bn, eyes a trillion
07 December 2015The Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition is set to have attracted more than $600 billion of assets by the end of the Paris climate summit, and is now eyeing a new target of a trillion.
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ABP introduces internal emissions cap
04 December 2015Dutch public sector pension fund ABP has stepped up its sustainability drive by announcing a series of 2020 commitments including what is believed to be the first carbon budget for an asset owner.
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Banking climate principles to be launched next week
03 December 2015A new set of climate changes principles for the banking industry are set to be launched on Monday, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Over 500 organisations commit to divest ahead of COP21
02 December 2015More than 500 institutions, with $3.4 trillion of assets under management, have committed to some sort of divestment, according to figures compiled by 350.org and Divest Invest.
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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.