Climate finance
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
Anglican bishops lead Holy week call for global climate action
NEWS: Church leaders write to 85 million strong congregation urging them to call for tough UN pact to address global warming
Major companies use lobby groups to water down EU climate policy – study
NEWS: Businesses should reconsider links with trade associations hostile to climate action, argues Policy Studies Institute
No ban on coal finance as Green Climate Fund eyes first projects
NEWS: After lengthy talks in Songdo, UN-backed climate finance scheme has loose lending criteria for first funding proposals
Green Climate Fund names 7 investment partners
NEWS: National bodies in Senegal and Peru, non-profit social investors Acumen and Pacific island fund SPREP approved to disburse funds
MEPs urged to back human rights safeguards on climate finance
NEWS: Hydropower and coal projects funded by rich countries have been linked to human rights abuses, NGOs tell European lawmakers