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A make-or-break year?
12 January 2014The Warsaw climate talks have done just enough to keep a 2015 deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol within grasp. But while there were never high expectations of this year's Conference of the Parties to the UN climate convention (COP19), 2014 is set to be a critical year.
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A watershed year
10 January 2014It has been a landmark year for the fledgling green bond market, which was buoyed by unprecedented growth in 2013. But can it continue, asks Peter Cripps
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Leading the pack
09 January 2014PensionDanmark has invested heavily in renewable energy – a step the majority of its peers have not taken. Its CEO Torben Möger Pedersen tells Elza Holmstedt Pell how renewables have become a 'mainstream' investment for the pension fund
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An agenda for emerging markets
09 January 2014The strong economic growth of emerging markets makes them alluring to investors, but they also present a unique set of challenges. Rory Sullivan explores the frontiers of responsible investment
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A guide through the energy efficiency maze
07 January 2014Steven Fawkes' new book aims to explain the intricacies of the complicated but increasingly important world of energy efficiency. His work is reviewed by Stephen Hibbert
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Calculating carbon: how emissions data is driving investment decisions
02 January 2014Data reported by companies on their greenhouse gas emissions is increasingly being seen as 'material' by investors. Graham Cooper reports
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2014: A better year for carbon?
19 December 2013After what has arguably been the toughest ever year in the world's largest carbon markets, leading analysts expect prices to pick up in the EU and California to continue to make steady progress. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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Looking back at 2013
18 December 2013Stranded assets, retroactive subsidy cuts and backloading were among the themes that dominated the markets in 2013. Peter Cripps looks back on some of the highs and lows of the past 12 months.
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Time to advance?
17 December 2013Advanced biofuel makers have disappointed some investors in their struggle to ramp up production to a commercial scale. But do recent plant developments and investment decisions indicate that the sector is turning a corner, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell
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People moves
16 December 2013The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at the International Corporate Governance Network, Mainstream Renewable Power, Sustainable Development Capital and more
- Enel SLB target miss 'very significant event' for market
- Comment: Are we finally ready to have a grown-up conversation about the transition?
- ISSB to work on biodiversity disclosures
- Nature Action 100 publishes company benchmark design
- Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM
- What is the most important skill you need to succeed in sustainable finance?
- TotalEnergies pauses SLB plans amid weak market development
- Natural capital will become a fundamental component of investors' portfolios
- Governments urged to make nature transition plans mandatory
- BoE suggests ways financial institutions can build on climate scenarios