Investment

As De Boer reports "good progress" on technology transfer, Brown and Sarkozy pledge increase in funding that will take EU contribution to fast-track fund above €2bn a year

Reports claim EU is preparing to offer €5.4bn to three-year fast-track climate fund

Coalition of NGOs launches new rating system to encourage take up of innovative car insurance policies that could slash US emissions by four per cent

Research aims to develop new high-voltage underwater connectors that promise to slash the cost of linking marine energy generators to the mainland

Europol estimates carbon credit VAT fraud carried out by organised criminals could have cost EU billions in lost tax revenue

As GE secures $1.4bn deal with world's largest wind farm project, United Technologies buys its way ionto the wind energy sector

Increased support for CCS and offshore wind through the Pre-Budget Report followed by award of £262m in EU funding

Britain, Australia, Mexico and Norway table proposal for new climate fund to be managed by UN-backed board

Supermarket giant announces plans to purchase 50 more electric vans

Regardless of what happens in Copenhagen over the next week, public-private partnerships focused on addressing climate change have a bright future. Henry E Teitelbaum investigates