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Breaking: MEPs back measures to rescue carbon market

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European Parliament Environment Committee approves backloading proposals, allowing vote to be put to the whole house in July

19 Jun 2013

Carbon cutting could save US corporates $780bn over 10 years

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Report by WWF and Carbon Disclosure Project says three per cent annual reductions in emissions would also put corporate sector on track to meet 2°C goal

19 Jun 2013

World Bank: Developing economies face "alarming" climate threats

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Major new report warns urgent action needed to stop climate change derailing development efforts

19 Jun 2013

PensionDanmark to lend £128m to America's first offshore wind farm

Cape Wind expected to reach financial close this year, after 12 years in development

19 Jun 2013

Davey steps up calls for EU to halve emissions by 2030

Strong carbon reduction target without prescriptive green energy goal would encourage cost-effective low-carbon growth, secretary of state argues

19 Jun 2013

Sun sets on Siemens’ solar sortie

Engineering giant ends fruitless search for buyer of loss-making solar power division

18 Jun 2013

Shenzhen to launch China’s first carbon trading scheme

More than 635 companies to take part in cap and trade pilot seen as a model for future schemes in Beijing and Shanghai

17 Jun 2013

PwC: UK companies must act now to limit 'unavoidable' climate risks

Report finds UK operations and supply chains are increasingly vulnerable to climate change threats overseas

17 Jun 2013

Climate bond market doubles to $346bn in 2012

HSBC and Climate Bonds Initiative identify $163bn of investment-grade bonds available to international investors across range of sectors

14 Jun 2013

Barclays and MSCI issue ethical index for bond market

Companies says fixed income indices will "stimulate growth" investment based on environmental, social, and governance factors

14 Jun 2013

British Gas owner Centrica agrees £160m Bowland shale fracking deal

Entrance of major name into British shale sector could be catalyst for fracking industry

13 Jun 2013

DECC offers £19m fund to clean tech entrepreneurs

Second phase of Energy Entrepreneurs Fund to support developers of energy efficiency, storage and low-carbon generation technologies

13 Jun 2013

Report: US corporate green spending keeps on climbing

Verdantix study predicts investment in energy, environment and sustainability by US blue chips will climb five per cent a year through to 2017

13 Jun 2013

Report: Global smart grid market to more than double by 2020

Research predicts market will top $70bn a year by the end of the decade

13 Jun 2013

UN: Global renewables sector tops 5.7 million jobs

New reports confirm renewable energy market stalled last year as technology costs fell, but emerging economies promise to drive growth

12 Jun 2013

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