Climate finance
China set to launch Chongqing emissions trading scheme
NEWS: Country’s seventh carbon market could lay foundations for national ETS by 2018
China’s curbs on coal a rising risk for investors – report
NEWS: Carbon Tracker warns banks to be wary of lending to coal producers, citing the risk of stranded assets as China cuts CO2 emissions
Show us the money if countries are to curb climate change: IEA
NEWS: $53 trillion must be channelled towards low carbon energy by 2035 to stave off dangerous climate change, says IEA
China expects to launch national carbon market in 2018
NEWS: Launch of Chinese national carbon market would galvanise global climate action
Walmart: Tackling climate change is not a PR stunt
NEWS: Business driving grocery giant’s green ambitions, says VP, revealing new push on energy intensity targets
Prince Charles: Business must act to tackle climate change
NEWS: Heir to UK throne says time is running out to develop a more socially and environmentally aware capitalism
UN climate fund chief rejects claims it will finance fossil fuel projects
NEWS: Executive Director Hela Cheikhrouhou says safeguards will ensure only ‘low carbon and resilient’ projects receive funding
UN’s Green Climate Fund ‘ready’ to start work
NEWS: Board agree eight essential requirements, meaning GCF is now ready to start accepting funds from donors
Green Climate Fund edges closer to reality
NEWS: Board agree on risk management framework, one of six ‘essential elements’ that will allow GCF to become operational
Shell dismisses Carbon Bubble concept as ‘alarmist’
NEWS: Letter from senior executive to shareholders says oil and gas likely to dominate energy mix till 2050s
Green Climate Fund could end up financing coal and gas, warn NGOs
NEWS: Concerns India and China could push for looser green safeguards as GCF board gathers to rubber-stamp regulations
Trillions at stake as Green Climate Fund board meet in Korea
NEWS: Observers say success of 2015 UN climate change deal hinges on successful launch of GCF later this year
Fossil-free investment portfolios soared 50% in 2013
NEWS: Investment managers are increasingly offering fossil-free portfolios to their clients, survey finds
Divestment campaign spreads to New Zealand
NEWS: Dunedin becomes first city in New Zealand to stop investing in fossil fuels
Banning HFCs from 2020 could make big climate impact – study
NEWS: Early phase-out of super climate gases could stop release of 146 billion tonnes of CO2-equivalent by 2050
OECD: Rich countries will suffer as planet warms
NEWS: Disasters will be more frequent and complex across even the most advanced economies, warns OECD report
UN to back Pope Francis statement on ‘human ecology’
NEWS: UN will support Pope Francis’ expected encyclical on man’s relationship with the planet, says Christiana Figueres
High cost oil reserves pose investment risk
NEWS: Exploring for new fossil fuel reserves poses threat of stranded assets, says Carbon Tracker Initiative in new study
Stanford University divestment is a warning to coal industry
ANALYSIS: Stanford’s divestment from the coal industry could mark beginning of a new wave of investor action on climate change
Stanford University to end investment in coal
NEWS: Prestigious American university pledges to divest its $18.7bn endowment fund from coal industry