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Carbon project developers hoping for Article 6 boost

Amid low carbon credit demand, project developers have told Environmental Finance that they are hoping that Article 6 will provide a much-needed capital injection.

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Climate policy pendulum may bring near-term relief but longer-term pain, S&P says

Weakened climate-related policy in the US and Europe does not necessarily mean companies are exposed to less climate-related financial risk - with near-term relief tinged with the prospect of longer-term pain, according to credit ratings agency S&P.

Investor hesitation to back climate proposals leads shareholders to shelve resolutions

Shareholder group Follow This has, for the first time since 2016, abandoned plans to file a climate-related resolution with oil and gas majors, as it blamed "investor hesitation" to back such proposals on US attacks on shareholder democracy.

'Unjustifiably expensive' fees discouraging allocations to water, says Morningstar

Expensive fees are likely preventing investors from allocating more capital to water-focused funds, Morningstar has claimed.

UKSIF pitches taskforce to study how ISSB can reduce pensions reporting burden

Regulators should sponsor an industry group to study how the sustainability-related "reporting burden" on UK pension schemes can be reduced in the transition to International Sustainability Board Standards (ISSB) reporting, an investor group said.

Climate adaptation investment hampered by 'fragmented' solutions

Investment in climate adaptation and resilience projects is being held back by a tendency towards focusing on "fragmented or incremental" solutions rather than system-wide plans - even in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Article 6 could be catalytic for improving EM financing, says Ori Partners

Article 6 credits could be 'catalytic' for making blended and catalytic funding more accessible in the emerging markets, an impact investment advisory has suggested.

Green bond issuers 'need to know what counts' as climate adaptation investment

For more climate adaptation and resilience investments to feature in green bond transactions there is a need for taxonomies to be developed and public issuers to come to the market, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Low Carbon and Paratus partner for 'world-first' energy price risk policy

Energy price risk (re)insurer Paratus and renewable energy company Low Carbon have partnered for what has been described as a 'world-first' insurance policy to mitigate energy price volatility.