News

• Investors eye forestry, water opportunities in tough markets

  09 April 2009

  US investors have deserted the green investment space, according to analysts and investors speaking at a recent environmental markets conference in New York.

• No clean-tech rally before 2010 – BoA

  09 April 2009

  Investors hoping that clean technology will be able to beat the market in 2009 look to be disappointed, Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch (BAS-ML) said this week. Delays in the implementation of the stimulus package and wider market trends mean it will be 2010-11 before business improves, it said in a research note.

• ICF sees EUA prices breaching €70 by 2020

  08 April 2009

  The failure of the EU to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets could see EU allowance (EUA) prices hitting €70 ($93) by that date, according to consultancy ICF International. And wholesale power prices in the bloc are set to double over 2010-20, ICF predicted in its latest European Power & Carbon Markets Outlook report.

• UK set to unveil bioenergy sustainability policy

  08 April 2009

  The UK's Environment Agency (EA) will in a fortnight unveil its policy on the greenhouse gas emissions produced by bioenergy in its full life-cycle, from the growing of feedstock crops to consumption.

• Banks must do more on climate – BankTrack

  02 April 2009

  Banks are not doing enough to ensure they are not "financing climate catastrophe", BankTrack has said.

• ESG applied to $300 billion of investment in emerging markets

  02 April 2009

  More than $300 billion is invested in 'sustainable' emerging market funds, or mainstream funds which have promised to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into their investment process, according to the first survey of the sector, commissioned by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

• International task force to plan green stimulus strategy

  02 April 2009

  The World Economic Forum has set up a task force to identify how to create millions of green jobs and put long-term economic growth on a sustainable, low-carbon path.

• US market welcomes Waxman-Markey climate bill

  02 April 2009

  Congressmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey have received plaudits for a bill that would create an emissions trading system in the US.

• Clean-tech and energy investment halves in first quarter

  02 April 2009

  Investment in clean technology and clean energy plummeted in the first quarter of 2009, according to figures published this week.

• Weather risk volumes drop as speculators rein in activity

  01 April 2009

  The financial crisis has taken its toll on the weather risk markets, with 2008 trading volumes on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) dropping 16% compared with the previous year, as hedge funds and financial institutions reduced their activity. However, participants report a healthy level of transactions with 'end-users' – the ultimate users of weather risk products.