Climate finance
California rewards energy users with ‘climate credits’
NEWS: Bill payers will receive a welcome bank account boost this month, as state’s carbon policies start to pay off
IPCC: specific costs of climate change impacts still unclear
NEWS: placing a dollar cost on potential climate threats proved hard for IPCC scientists and economists
Yvo de Boer: It’s time to measure the ‘true value’ of business
COMMENT: What if cost of environmental damage caused by businesses were subtracted from their profits?
Green Climate Fund’s future threatened by old divisions
ANALYSIS: UN climate deal hangs on the launch of a new green fund – but splits at board level could see this delayed
EU backs big curbs on superstrength greenhouse gases
EU parliament votes overwhelmingly for partial ban on potent greenhouse gases used in fridges and airconditioners
Richard Branson: business must ‘stand up to climate deniers’
Virgin Group’s founder weighs in to debate about company shareholders’ views on climate change
Palm oil producers blamed as smog chokes Indonesia
State of emergency called in Riau region of Indonesia, as data shows 52% of fires originated in palm oil and logging land
Fears grow over Green Climate Fund preparations
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres says board must ensure financial mechanism opens in 2014
Europe’s banks in $1-tril risk from ‘carbon bubble’: report
Two new studies highlight the supposed risks of long-term investment in fossil fuels
EU proposes more time for long-haul airlines to cut CO2
EU negotiators agree tentative deal that stops the clock longer on emissions trading for intercontinental flights
UN climate deal could ‘revive’ offset market says CDM chief
New head of UN’s main carbon offset scheme says a global climate deal could revive market
Global carbon market could grow to $87 billion in 2014
Volumes traded in EU, USA and China could see markets grow 3% this year say Thomson Reuters Point Carbon
Business is about being green, say FTSE 100 leaders
Modern business is about more than producing vacuum cleaners and shampoo, say Unilever and Dyson bosses
Growth in solar reshaping world’s renewables market say E&Y
Ernst and Young league table says Germany, UK, US become less attractive for new investment in renewables
Shell’s Arctic oil plans face shareholder scrutiny
Greenpeace and Share Action group lead calls for oil giant’s new boss to examine economic case for Chukchi Sea drilling
‘Imagination’ required to save UN carbon market says new chair
Hugh Sealy says Clean Development Mechanism needs to hunt for new markets in order to flourish
Green Climate Fund board hails success despite slow progress
May meeting in Songdo now takes on huge significance with six major decisions needing agreement before fund launch
Green Climate Fund to ring-fence 25% of cash for ‘vulnerable’ nations
Meeting in Bali outlines how funds will be allocated, stressing importance of private sector in leveraging resources
Indonesia pledges $250,000 to Green Climate Fund
Hosts of GCF meeting hope contribution will encourage other countries to fill fund’s coffers
‘Robin Hood’ tax to fund climate efforts could launch in May
Funds generated by a new tax on banks could help countries find money to finance climate change action overseas