Climate finance
Shell shareholders vote for BG merger, quashing climate concerns
NEWS: Oil major insists its assets will not be stranded by greenhouse gas emissions curbs, against protests £40bn deal is overvalued
UAE opens $10bn green credit line in Gulf first
NEWS: Developing countries will be the target of National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s 10-year pledge to tackle “significant” energy funding gap
Green Climate Fund must think micro for macro impact
COMMENT: Support for locally-led adaptation initiatives may not sound sexy, but small targeted interventions will help the GCF drive a climate finance paradigm shift
Africans asked to raise billions for energy access plan
DAVOS 2016: Governments urged to radically boost energy investment under African Development Bank strategy to bring light to 645 million
Bloomberg unveils crack team to assess global climate risk
NEWS: Experts from Unilever, Axa, Blackrock and JPMorgan among those chosen to rate threat posed by fossil fuel giants to global economy
Bangladesh Bank launches $200m ‘green transformation fund’
NEWS: Following successful solar homes microfinance push, governor Atiur Rahman seeks to clean up textiles manufacturing
Shareholder activists target ExxonMobil on 2C climate risk
NEWS: New York state and the Church of England lead push for US oil giant to reveal how shift to low carbon energy hits its business
City slickers eye up growing climate finance sector
ANALYSIS: Green bonds, clean energy and efficient infrastructure offer vast potential in a market one banker describes as ’50 shades of green’
Clean energy investments at ‘record high’ in 2015
NEWS: New figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance demonstrate clean energy surge is ‘irreversible’ say analysts, despite falling oil and gas prices
Oil majors vague on climate plans post Paris deal
ANALYSIS: BP, Shell, Statoil and Repsol say they’re supportive of plans to avoid dangerous warming, but show little sign of deviating from primary business plan
Coal, steel sectors to suffer as China pollution drive accelerates
ANALYSIS: Experts say tougher laws and penalties could signal turning point in environmental fight in China, as president Xi Jinping urges officials to crack down on inefficient state industries
US boom boosts global carbon markets in 2015
NEWS: Global volume of carbon credits shrinks but ‘boom time’ in California, Quebec and North West US sees overall value leap 9%
Investors pressure mining giants to phase out coal
NEWS: Funds worth US$4 trillion are calling on Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto to assess their exposure to climate risk
US primed to deliver first $500m to Green Climate Fund
NEWS: Budget bill agreed by Congress opens door for funds to help world’s poorest cope with future climate impacts and invest in clean energy
There’s no dodging carbon risk after Paris, say fund managers
NEWS: Global warming deal makes low-carbon transition irreversible and investors are taking note
Climate finance: 5 takeaways from a Paris climate deal
ANALYSIS: A new UN climate pact has the potential to shift trillions into green energy and help poorer countries prepare for future impacts
EU unlikely to increase climate ambition before 2020, says Canete
NEWS: Priority for Brussels in next five years is to implement new set of climate policies, not aim for tougher targets says climate commissioner
COP21: Business leaders react to UN climate deal
COP21: Companies and trade associations hail endorsement of low-carbon transition, but insist it plays out in clear policy decisions
Decoding the Paris climate deal: What does it mean?
ANALYSIS: Climate policy expert Gerard Wynn decodes a new global deal – which is likely to have profound impacts on business, finance and energy sectors
Climate finance: A gaping wound that needs healing
ANALYSIS: The rich say they’re coughing up, the poor say they’re not getting enough, emerging economies are kicking off. Who’s right?