Climate finance
Oxfam chief calls on BRICS to take development finance lead
NEWS: Winnie Byanyima warns of vacuum left by European Union backing away from poverty reduction leadership role
Financing for Development: What to expect from UN Addis Ababa summit
NEWS: Success of global climate pact and new development goals hangs on four-day finance meet in Ethiopia
Ontario trumpets green growth potential at Americas summit
NEWS: States and provinces across the continent can lead on climate action, says premier, highlighting economic benefits
Green Climate Fund partners with Deutsche Bank to green fury
NEWS: German giant’s financing of global coal projects prompts environmentalists to question UN fund’s integrity
China poised for a boom in green bonds
NEWS: Emerging economies are embracing new class of climate-friendly financial instruments, says Climate Bonds Initiative
Top coal funder Deutsche Bank to become Green Climate Fund partner
NEWS: German giant one of 13 new organisations to join forces with flagship fund, but questions raised over fossil fuel backing
Divestment campaign swells as 100 trusts worth $5bn sign up
NEWS: Roddick and Sainsbury dynasty latest to make low carbon pledge, as fund managers say movement is now “mainstream”
Ten banks back zero net deforestation push
NEWS: Standard Chartered is the latest to promise forest-friendly finance under the Soft Commodities Compact
Singapore downplays renewable role in UN climate pledge
NEWS: Asian city-state and shipping hub sees limited potential for clean energy as it pledges to peak emissions around 2030
UK’s dirtiest region sets out pitch to bury CO2 in Europe first
NEWS: Tees Valley unveils blueprint to pioneer carbon capture and storage network from industrial plants
Aviation vs climate as UK airport review released
NEWS: Contentious verdict on London airport expansion shackles UK to overshoot future CO2 targets
Green Climate Fund shortlists projects worth $500m
NEWS: UN-backed fund has identified “promising” ideas and aims to get first cash flowing to poor countries by December
Pakistan to set up carbon markets to cut emissions, lure investment
NEWS: ‘Carbon Neutral Pakistan’ initiative seeks to generate domestic green technology industry, government minister tells RTCC
Credit agencies are ignoring climate risk – report
NEWS: Projects like Abbot Point coal port are getting investment grade status, but are incompatible with efforts to curb global warming
Britain rallies on climate change in mass lobby
NEWS: More than 9,000 people flocked to Westminster to urge MPs to back action on global warming, in the largest ever demo of its kind
Funds lacking to help poor tackle climate impacts, says World Bank
NEWS: Not enough cash is flowing to boost resilience in the face of sea level rise and weather extremes, development banks warn
A global carbon market could be a silver bullet for climate change
COMMENT: Making the polluter pay would spur “dash to renewables” hauling the developing world out of fossil fuel-dictated poverty
Double counting forest emissions threatens UN climate pact
COMMENT: To have a chance of limiting warming to below 2 degrees, emissions balance sheets submitted to the UN must add up
Norway to ditch $8 billion of coal assets in state pension fund
NEWS: Green groups greet move by Parliament to authorise sale of coal holdings, the largest fossil fuel divestment in history
Account for climate risk or lose billions, investors warned
NEWS: Fund managers told to take a prudent view of risk and use better long term models to account for changing climate