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Global Investment in Climate Change Mitigation Reaches All-Time High in 2014By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 20, 2015
As COP21 draws nearer, there is more and more hope that the 2015 UN Climate Summit will be a turning point in tackling climate change globally. And the... Read more.. |
Barclays Hits £1 Billion Green Bond Target, Commits To £1 Billion MoreBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 19, 2015
British banking giant Barclays announced Tuesday that it had reached its target of investing £1 billion in green bonds, and has committed to £1 billion more. Just over a year ago,... Read more.. |
UK Climate Investments to pour GBP 200m in India, AfricaBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 18, 2015
A green joint venture between the UK government-backed Green Investment Bank Plc (GIB) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will invest up to GBP 200 million (USD 304m/EUR 284m) in India and Africa. The announcement was made last week, as part of a... Read more.. |
Climate change investment up 18 pct in 2014 as clean energy surgesBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 18, 2015
Global investment in activities to reduce planet-warming emissions and vulnerability to climate change grew 18 percent to $391 billion in 2014, as private backing for renewable energy technologies surged, researchers said. More money than... |
India Innovation Lab to call for funding ideasBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 16, 2015
The India Innovation Lab for Green Finance, part of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, will call for funding ideas from November 23. “Examples might be credit enhancement of renewable energy projects to attract institutional investors, or tools to reduce... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Finance |
BRICS New Development Bank to finance its first renewable energy project — Indian PMBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 16, 2015
The New Development Bank of the BRICS (an association of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is to finance its first project in the sphere of renewable energy, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday at a meeting of the BRICS leaders on the sidelines of... Read more.. Subject Tags: clean energy investment , Climate Finance |
Indian Railways To Issue Green BondsBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 16, 2015
One of the world’s largest rail networks is planning to raise funding through green bonds to finance development of renewable energy infrastructure. Indian Railways is expected to issue its first... Read more.. |
Pre-COP21 Meeting Jumps Some Review and Finance HurdlesBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 16, 2015
High-level government officials and ministers from more than 70 countries attended a meeting Monday and Tuesday of this week. It served as a precursor to the upcoming 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The... Read more.. |
Green bond issues surpass 2014 total to set new recordBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 12, 2015
The green bond market has edged past last year's record issuance with almost $36.7 billion of new issues so far this year, and more believed to be on the way. |
India makes strong pitch for climate finance ahead of Paris climate summitBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 12, 2015
With the world expecting to sign a global climate deal in Paris next month, India on Tuesday said that the crucial issue of post-2020 finance would be fundamental to the success of the climate summit in the French capital where the countries would hopefully arrive at an... Read more.. |