Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Which utilities are set to be hit hardest by the Paris climate agreement?

    21 December 2015

    The utilities sector is set to bear the brunt of the Paris climate agreement, as it will require a wholesale shift away from thermal power generation, analysts at UBS have warned.

  • Landmark Paris agreement toasted by investors

    14 December 2015

    Investors were celebrating today after a "historic" climate change agreement was hammered out in Paris, marking a new dawn for clean technologies and low-carbon investors.

  • Investors hope for ambitious Paris agreement this weekend

    11 December 2015

    Investors were cautiously optimistic that the Paris climate summit would over the weekend yield a landmark agreement to tackle emissions.

  • PDC hits $600bn, eyes a trillion

    07 December 2015

    The 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.

  • ABP introduces internal emissions cap

    04 December 2015

    Dutch 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.

  • New York's pension fund puts $2bn into low-carbon index

    04 December 2015

    New York State Common Retirement Fund has launched a $2 billion fund that will track a low-carbon index, excluding pureplay coal companies.

  • Banking climate principles to be launched next week

    03 December 2015

    A new set of climate changes principles for the banking industry are set to be launched on Monday, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Fossil fuels to suffer $34trn revenue cut if warming to be kept to 2°C

    30 November 2015

    The fossil fuel industry will suffer a $34 trillion drop in revenues over the next 25 years if policies are brought in following the Paris climate summit to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, a report has warned.

  • Carbon analyst Mark Lewis joins Barclays

    30 November 2015

    Veteran carbon analyst and stranded assets expert Mark Lewis has taken up a new post, with Barclays.

  • Climate finance will be 'key to Paris success'

    27 November 2015

    Climate finance will be a key sticking point that could potentially determine whether the Paris climate summit will be a success.