Climate finance
G20 to assess ‘carbon bubble’ threat – media reports
NEWS: United States, China, India, Russia, Australia, and Saudi Arabia to probe risks of stranded assets ahead of UN climate pact
EU to take carbon market decision the size of Cambodia
NEWS: The difference between two options on reforms to key climate policy is 153 million tonnes CO2, say analysts
Pension funds failing to manage climate risk could get sued
NEWS: Some 85% of the world’s biggest asset owners are doing little or nothing to cut their carbon footprints, AODP reveals, as it prepares to take legal action
SOAS first London university to divest from fossil fuels
NEWS: University will phase out £1.5 million holdings in oil and gas equities within three years, to highlight climate threat
Print money for climate finance, central banks told
NEWS: German think-tank proposes issuing Green Climate Bonds to raise billions for low carbon technology and climate adaptation in poor countries
Canada’s 2015 budget spurns climate change
NEWS: Harper Government omits any reference to global warming or carbon dioxide emissions, while oil gets 108
A 7-step plan to avoid stranding your fossil fuel assets
BLOG: Most coal, oil and gas must stay in the ground to avert climate disaster. What is an energy company to do? We’re here to help
London academics rise in support of divestment campaign
NEWS: Staff at SOAS and UCL write to governing bodies urging them to ditch nearly £20 million in oil, gas and coal holdings
World Bank cash for fossil fuels: The worst kind of hypocrisy
COMMENT: Increasing support for coal and other climate polluting energy sources undermines the World Bank’s credibility on climate change
Investors urge US regulator to force action on climate risk
NEWS: Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Canadian Natural Resources are failing to consider threat to their business, warn investors worth US$2trn
Use fossil fuel subsidies for climate aid – World Bank envoy
INTERVIEW: Rachel Kyte says billions directed towards oil, gas and coal should be used to promote green economy
Figueres: National climate plans = “investment prospectuses”
NEWS: UN climate chief urges businesses to look for opportunities in countries’ contributions to a global climate deal
BP adopts climate risk proposal after shareholder vote
NEWS: Oil major agrees at AGM in London to analyse which of its assets could be stranded by curbs on greenhouse gas emissions
BP shareholders to vote on climate risk disclosure
NEWS: Oil major backs proposal to reveal threat climate action poses to its business plan, for approval at AGM on Thursday
Ontario unveils plan to link carbon market with Quebec and California
NEWS: Province chief says lack of federal climate plans prompted decision to take action, which could cover more than 75% of Canadians
Former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer defends coal finance
NEWS: Politicians “too cowardly” to back carbon price, which would offer better climate benefits than attacking coal, says de Boer
Is this India’s greenest bank?
INTERVIEW: Yes Bank’s head of responsible banking talks to RTCC about green bonds, solar growth and cleaning up coal power
Top development banks agree definition for climate finance
NEWS: Financial institutions with over US$ 2,100 billion in assets publish principles to guide future investments in clean energy
Developing countries close to taking lead in clean energy race
NEWS: Renewables close to supplying 10% of global electricity supply says UN report, as China’s solar surge continues
Coral v coal: Is the Great Barrier Reef in danger?
ANALYSIS: Permits for new coal ports on the Queensland coast are at odds with efforts to keep the reef off Unesco’s “endangered” list