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US train energy storage company requires expansion capital - 7 Feb 2012
Desalination innovator requires equity to reach profitability - 7 Feb 2012
Finland battery company requires expansion capital - 7 Feb 2012
Solar installer seeks building partnerships in NYC - 7 Feb 2012
US solar investor looks for North Carolina credits - 7 Feb 2012
US government looks for energy management partners - 7 Feb 2012
US train energy storage company requires expansion capital - 7 Feb 2012Desalination innovator requires equity to reach profitability - 7 Feb 2012Finland battery company requires expansion capital - 7 Feb 2012Belgian renewable energy developer requires investment - 6 Feb 2012UK project developer requires capital injection - 6 Feb 2012
Innovative green power developer eyes funding for combined wind, biomass portfolio - 6 Feb 2012 Solar installer seeks building partnerships in NYC - 7 Feb 2012
US solar investor looks for North Carolina credits - 7 Feb 2012
US government looks for energy management partners - 7 Feb 2012
Spain hints at move towards renewable energy auction system - 6 Feb 2012
Research foundation provides funding to stimulate US-Israel cleantech JVs - 6 Feb 2012
Energy efficiency, cleantech investments sought by mutual fund - 6 Feb 2012
Constant electrical power is absolutely critical to commercial and industrial buildings and now the managers of these facilities are investigating how to make these operations more energy intelligent and efficient, according to sector specialist Memoori.
Industry leaders meet to discuss the key challenges and opportunities across the cleantech, renewable energy and sustainability sectors in 2012 at NewNet's Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit.
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Private equity is an untapped resource that could have a significant impact on reducing the effects of climate change, a report has found. 
German Federal Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen has committed €15m to Grenada and Mali to help the countries implement programmes designed to mitigate the impacts of climate change. 
Moving to a low carbon economy would only affect the UK's 2030 GDP by one per cent, a leading expert has said, saying it is a small price to pay to combat climate change. 
The United Nations' latest round of climate change talks is underway in Durban, South Africa this week with much less publicity and a lot fewer expectations than the Cancun conference 12 months ago. 
Donald MacDonald has been appointed as the new chairman of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change. 
A multi-billion dollar fund has been called for by global leaders to catalyse investment into climate change related projects. 
The model on which Europe’s clean energy strategy is based has been called into question, putting the economic bloc’s future strategy in doubt. 
Bangladesh is seeking investors for its nascent green energy industry as its burgeoning population and its level of exposure to the affects of climate change impress upon it the need to adopt clean technologies. 
F&C Investments, the London-listed asset management group, has announced the first close of F&C Climate Opportunity Partners, a new private equity fund of funds which will focus on investments in companies specialising in climate change reduction. 
Climate change is set to impact every aspect of the global economy, with investments on course to grow dramatically as opportunities arise in associated sectors such as energy efficiency, agriculture and renewable energy generation. 
As we move to a low carbon energy system we need to decide who are the best agents for efficiently deploying the vast amounts of capital required, as well as how those agents should receive the information that tells them what to do and how to do it, writes Ian Temperton, head of advisory at Climate Change Capital. 
Five years on from Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth, he will this week embark on a worldwide media event aimed at once again educating on the impact of climate change. 
International climate financing mechanisms need to go beyond treating climate change as another generic emerging market risk financing problem and should support ‘real economy’ signals which address the externality, writes Rupert Edwards, head of policy and market analysis, carbon finance, at Climate Change Capital. 
Overexposure to fossil fuel assets may pose even more severe and wide-ranging risks than those presented by the recent financial crisis, a leading investor has warned. 
Turkey now leads Europe in terms of the percentage of the population that is concerned about climate change, according to a widespread survey of attitudes to the environment. 
The majority of investors consider climate change a material risk or opportunity with public policy a key driver of investment decisions, a report commissioned by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change has found. 
As the UK government commits to reducing emissions by 50 per cent on 1990 levels by 2025, the advice being presented by the policy's promoter - the Committee on Climate Change - is increasingly under scrutiny. Speaking exclusively to NewNet, chief economist Adrian Gault says the ambitious target it put forward is both appropriate and cost-effective. 
While analysts have placed a value on the estimated impact of climate change and huge investment volumes have been put towards averting dangerous global temperature inclines, less is said about the efforts to minimise its effects. 
The environment and clean energy were not altogether neglected from the agenda of US President Barack Obama’s trip to the UK this week, but came second to matters of national security. 
A small tax should be levied on air travellers to pay for adaptation to climate change, in accordance with the ‘polluter pays’ principle, a think tank has said. 
