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India looks to tap multi-billion dollar climate fund to back renewable projects

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 14, 2016

The Indian government has launched a request for proposals for renewable energy projects to tap into the multi-billion dollar Green Climate Fund (GCF).

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Subject Tags: COP21 , green climate fund

Moody's expects COP21 agreement to propel wind power installations in India, Brazil and, Africa

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 10, 2016

Moody's predicts new wind power equipment growth over the next five years to come from emerging markets like India, Brazil and Africa as momentum for wind turbine sales have been shifting from...

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Terrawatt Inititative takes first steps towards common global solar market goal

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 5, 2016

The Terrawatt Initiative is partnering with an Indian business association as part of its efforts to create to create a global common market for solar power.

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Doubling today’s share of renewable energy can bring economy up to $1.3 trillion: IRENA report

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 18, 2016

The recent, historic Paris Agreement at COP21 has established that the world must quickly embrace a low carbon path to avoid the risks of runaway climate change. Today, new analysis by the...

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India joins climate water coalition in Paris

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 11, 2015

Two hundred and ninety river basin organisations, businesses, civil society groups and governments have come together for the Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation....

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Fin institutions commit to Mainstream Climate Action

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2015

At COP21, a coalition of the world’s leading financial institutions officially signed on to five voluntary Principles to Mainstream Climate Action into their operations.

The landmark move was undertaken by 26 financial institutions, from both the public and private...

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Energy Efficiency Top Weapon In Fight Against Climate Change

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2015

One might think – after years of focus on global warming – that all the easy measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions had been taken. And yet, as governments attend the 21st annual conference on climate change (COP21), some surprisingly low-hanging fruit remains.

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climate COP21 Buildings Day commitment from USGBC

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 7, 2015

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today that it will commit to scaling green buildings to more than 5 billion square feet (478 million sq m) over the next five years through the LEED and EDGE green building rating systems.

USGBC’s commitment was made at...

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Lima-Paris Action Agenda calls for cutting short-lived climate pollutants

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 7, 2015

At COP 21, governments and industry leaders in the Climate and Clean Air Coalition committed to further essential advances in reducing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) that have a global warming potential many times that of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

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Top fashion CEOs fear rising costs from climate change

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 4, 2015

The chief executives of seven top clothing companies, including Hennes & Mauritz Gap and Adidas, are calling on governments to agree a strong climate change deal, saying they fear global warming will drive up their costs.

Almost 200 nations are meeting in Paris...

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