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5th March 2010
The United Nations has selected members for a new international advisory group focused on climate change financing that will work towards mobilising funds discussed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December.
3rd March 2010
One in two business leaders in the US think a lack of clarity on climate change legislation is negatively impacting the ability of the US to compete in a global market, according to a new survey of Fortune 500 companies.
3rd March 2010
Climate change is a problem private equity must address, according to the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) as it welcomed a new report published by a collaboration of European investors into how to accelerate investment in a low-carbon economy.
23rd February 2010
The United Nations will host an extra round of climate change takes in Bonn, Germany, this April in an effort to revive climate change talks.
17th February 2010
Oil and gas majors BP and ConocoPhilips have announced they will leave the lobby group US Climate Action partnership (US CAP), which has been instrumental in steering climate change legislation that proposes a universal carbon cap-and-trade scheme.
1st February 2010
Institutional investors are progressively turning their sights to listed opportunities related to climate change and clean energy, according to Simon Webber of asset manager Schroders.
‘We are looking to identify undervalued growth stocks and we think climate change will be one of the key drivers over the next few years.’
23rd November 2009
Companies and their investors are failing to take changes in weather patterns properly into account in their investment decisions, according a new report published by three institutional investors.
18th September 2009
Louise Luttikholt of Fairtrade looks at what governments are doing to support cleantech production, the effects of the economic downturn on the poorer nations, and urges developed countries not to hinder the growth of developing countries.
‘With Copenhagen coming up, we must ensure that climate change and development remains high on the agenda. In meeting the climate change challenge it’s critical that the world’s poorest farmers and workers don’t lose out.’
4th September 2009
Det Norske Veritas, an independent foundation operating within the environmental sector, initiated a joint industry project a year ago and said just twelve months on, it has already contributed to the CO2 transmission pipelines.
3rd September 2009
Fourteen major Brazilian organisations spanning the agribusiness, planted forests and bioenergy sectors have launched the Brazilian Climate Alliance, in a bid to offer solid proposals for the negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
1st September 2009
Norway’s $400bn sovereign wealth fund has upped its exposure to environmentally responsible companies in a bid to tackle climate change, according to reports.
28th August 2009
Scientists, led by Professor Martin Parry, the former co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, are set to warn that the UN negotiations aimed at combating climate change are based on unachievable low costs.
27th August 2009
Consulting and engineering firm Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch and Israel-based Elysium-Carbon Trade & Investment have entered a joint-venture agreement to offer climate change consulting services.
26th August 2009
European governments are not encouraging companies in the aviation industry to address the issue of climate change according to Peter Schneckenleitner, head of sustainability at airline Lufthansa.
25th August 2009
The African Union Commission played host to a meeting of the Representatives of the Conference of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change, to see what Africa was doing to combat climate change.
19th August 2009
Australian minister for climate change and water Penny Wong justified the government’s move to include methane coal gas in the Renewable Energy Target.
27th July 2009
Jonathon Counsell, BA’s head of environment, discusses why it is crucial the aviation industry acts now to slash carbon emissions, the benefits of a carbon emissions trading scheme and why biofuels could be the answer.
‘The most common criticism we receive from environmentalists is that we are going to rely on emissions trading and buy our way to achieve this carbon reduction. In reality, paying for our emissions is the last thing we want to do because they will be expensive and create a significant financial liability for us. Thus our first priority in achieving this target will always be improving our operational efficiency and adopting the most efficient technology.’
20th July 2009
A global carbon trading network will be crucial to preventing dangerous climate change, a new report commissioned by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown found.
20th July 2009
The European Commission has teamed up with music channel MTV Networks to launch the ‘Play to Stop - Europe for Climate’ campaign.
13th July 2009
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the European investors’ forum for collaboration on climate change, unveiled its second annual reports today which reviews the investment practices of signatories to the Investor Statement on Climate Change.
8th July 2009
Joan Ruddock, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, spoke of the need to secure a political momentum to drive forward negotiations on a global climate deal.
8th July 2009
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the US continues to be deeply dependent on a single energy source and has spent hundreds of billions of dollars a year to import nearly 60 per cent of the oil we use.
8th July 2009
The Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO) said uncertainty surrounding climate change legislation and regulations for the Renewable Fuel Standard has created a hesitant feeling among investors in the biofuels and biobased chemicals space.
6th July 2009
Environment ministers gathered for the fifth Greenland Dialogue to discuss the issue of climate change.
2nd July 2009
Conservative Shadow Minister for the Environment Greg Barker MP discusses the need for UK energy reform and the importance of private capital to the development of the UK’s clean technology and renewable energy industry.
‘I believe the private sector will make handsome returns if we catch the lead in these sectors early enough.’
1st July 2009
Until recently, the impact of climate change on the deal market was barely on the radar of most businesses. However, national policy action on greenhouse gas emissions is requiring companies in virtually every industry to think about the impacts of energy and climate policies on their businesses, according to this new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
29th June 2009
President Barack Obama has praised the House of Representatives for passing the energy bill the Americans believe will lessen their dependence on foreign oil and transform their economy.
29th June 2009
Following the US House of Representatives’ passing of energy and climate change legislation, World Wildlife Fund said it would constitute the US’ biggest step to date in responding to the climate crisis.
26th June 2009
In less than six months’ time countries from around the world will gather in Copenhagen to thrash out a new agreement on climate change.
26th June 2009
The Scottish Government has passed new legislation to tackle climate change, committing itself to slashing emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
22nd June 2009
International co-operation on climate change is vital, with policy and investment in innovation necessary for progress, according to Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in a recent speech to the Fabian Society.
22nd June 2009
WHEB Asset Management, a UK investment management business focusing on listed sustainable investment opportunities, has launched its IM WHEB Sustainability Fund.
19th June 2009
Senator Penny Wong, the minister for energy and climate change within the Australian Government, expressed surprise at the alternative government’s decision to defer the vote on the Renewable Energy Target describing their approach as one of ‘wherever there is division, there answer is delay.’
18th June 2009
A programme of action in response to climate change is being pursued across the UK Government, led by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Starting today with the publication by DEFRA of the latest UK Climate Projections, Ministers will this summer set out the building blocks of a ‘five point plan’ designed both to reduce emissions at home and abroad and to protect and prepare for the changes that are already inevitable.
15th June 2009
Many government measures to stimulate the global economy have been focused on investment in the creation of a sustainable low-carbon economy which has added to the strong performance seen in the climate change sector, according to the latest quarterly review of the HSBC Climate Change Index published by HSBC Global Banking and Markets Research.
1st June 2009
Kofi Annan, president of the Global Humanitarian Forum, has unveiled a new report looking at the human impact of climate change.
28th May 2009
Global business leaders in Copenhagen for the World Business Summit on Climate Change have issued ‘The Copenhagen Call’, a statement that sets out the elements business believes are required to forge an effective new global climate treaty.
13th May 2009
The EBRD is to trigger investments in sustainable energy projects worth up to €15bn in the next three years in its drive to finance the development of new sources of clean energy and to reduce energy wastage throughout Eastern Europe.
6th May 2009
In a speech to students at Peking University, Secretary for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband said the UK was working closely alongside China to tackle climate change.
30th April 2009
Spanish electric utility Endesa has been awarded the highest score of all electric companies worldwide in the fight against climate change by The Carbon Disclosure Project leadership index.
29th April 2009
UK Secretary for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband has expressed support for the Major Economies Forum set to take place in July 2009.
28th April 2009
In a new white paper entitled ‘Climate for Research’, the Norwegian government emphasised that public research spending will continue to increase. The government expects research to contribute to meet social and global challenges such as climate change.
23rd April 2009
Speaking at a wind tower production facility in Iowa, US President Barack Obama laid out his vision for a new clean energy economy, independence from foreign oil, combating pollution and finally addressing the climate change problem that, according to him, has been neglected for decades in Washington.
21st April 2009
The EBRD is to provide a €10m loan to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects by private companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The credit to Raiffeisen BANK Bosnia and Herzegovina will be used for lending to private Bosnian companies investing in sustainable energy projects, according to a statement.
25th March 2009
Greater international coordination as well as an incentive-based approach is required if global climate change is ever to be tackled, according to speakers at a recent conference.
18th March 2009
In a recent speech, former vice president Al Gore has recognised Spain as one of the world’s top innovators of renewable energy.
10th March 2009
In this interview featured in The McKinsey Quarterly, British economist Lord Stern discusses the combined challenges of the financial and climate change crises.
10th March 2009
ION Engineering, a US-based cleantech company, has employed Metzger Associates to build up industry positioning strategies and conduct a national public and investor relations programme.
4th March 2009
After years of the US failing to address the climate crisis under the previous administration, China, Brazil and other emerging economies are moving forward, setting ambitious emissions targets and disproving the conventional wisdom in Washington that says they do not take climate change seriously and are unwilling to take action, World Wildlife Fund CEO Carter Roberts told Congress.
27th February 2009
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu welcomed the recent budget blueprint announced by President Obama, which builds on the investments included in the President’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
James Hall-Smith of HSBC discusses the drivers behind the growth of the European renewable energy scene and the opportunities this affords to infrastructure investors and project financiers alike.
‘I think there is an increased interest from a corporate governance and sustainability perspective. This makes many institutions focus on this area. There is also a recognition of the drivers behind environmental infrastructure, from the fundamentals of creating the best opportunity to tackling climate change, whilst also looking to gain energy security and satisfy the social and political drivers.'--- 1 Comment
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