News

• Investment in renewables is in-line with Paris Agreement goals, says IEA

  14 September 2016

  Investments in wind and solar power "are broadly on a trajectory consistent with limiting the increase in global temperature to 2C," according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

• Campaign calls on impact investors to focus on SDGs

  14 September 2016

  The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a campaign calling on investors to make at least one impact investment focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Investors warned to challenge power plant cost assumptions

  14 September 2016

  Investors should question outdated assumptions about technology costs, load factors and lifetimes for new coal and gas plants, says the Carbon Tracker Initiative.

• EF BRIEFS: Sustainalytics, SolarCity, GCube

  13 September 2016

  China's nationwide carbon market, which is due to be launched next year, will increase pressure on Chinese firms to improve their emissions reporting, says research company Sustainalytics.

• Large Swedish real estate company gears up for green bond

  13 September 2016

  One of the largest real estate firms in Sweden is gearing up to issue its inaugural green bond, making it the seventh property firm from the country to tap the market.

• Renovate launches $320m green ABS

  13 September 2016

  Renovate America, which helps finance energy efficiency projects on residential properties in California, has issued its eighth asset-backed security (ABS) under its HERO programme.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 12 September 2016

  12 September 2016

  A lack of utility demand for EU Allowances is likely to put further downward pressure on prices, until winter weather provides support, says Louis Redshaw.

• EIB prices C$500m climate awareness bond

  12 September 2016

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) has priced a C$500 million ($382 million) Climate Awareness Bond.

• E.On to outperform RWE under 2^oC scenario, says Barclays

  12 September 2016

  German power utility E.On would fare much better than its domestic rival RWE, if the world manages to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of restricting global warming to no more than 2^oC.

• Nigeria joins race to issue sovereign green bond

  12 September 2016

  The race become the first sovereign green bond issuer intensified as Nigeria said it plans to issue green bond.