Climate finance
Obama must deliver at climate fundraiser in Berlin
COMMENT: After the midterms, next week’s Green Climate Fund pledging conference gives the US president a chance to show commitment to climate action
US green fund contribution tests Obama’s climate commitment
ANALYSIS: UN green bank desperately needs funds, but can White House deliver after bruising mid term elections?
Bill McKibben: the climate movement needs to get confrontational
INTERVIEW: The writer and reluctant activist tells RTCC greens must challenge the financial might of fossil fuel companies
Veteran campaigner slams Shell’s “Jekyll and Hyde” climate stance
NEWS: Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, uses Shell-sponsored conference to accuse oil giant of hypocrisy on climate change
UK to pledge “strongly” to Green Climate Fund
NEWS: Climate and energy minister says UK will make significant donation to UN’s green bank in November
UK green bank turns two; targets world domination
NEWS: The Green Investment Bank mobilised £5 billion of investment in two years and is taking its model around the globe
Banks invest record €66bn in coal sector
NEWS: Private banks are stepping in to finance coal mines and power stations as development banks divest, finds BankTrack
US banks deny funds to coal port near Great Barrier Reef
NEWS: Rainforest Action Network welcomes commitment by four US banks not to invest in project that will support new coal mines
Forest carbon projects turn to consumers in quest for cash
NEWS: Stand for Trees campaign will open up voluntary forest carbon market to ordinary people, as well as governments and corporations
Divestment campaigners set their sights on UK banks
NEWS: Activists put pressure on banks to pull out of fossil fuel companies in demonstrations outside HSBC, Barclays and RBS this week
Sweden pledges $500m to Green Climate Fund
NEWS: New budget from centre-left government offers additional cash for developing countries
We need more transparency on climate finance
COMMENT: A 2015 climate deal must ensure clear accountability over levels of rich to poor funding, says Ecudaor’s lead climate envoy
UK calls for aggressive ETS reform ahead of EU2030 deal
NEWS: The carbon market must be reformed quickly to support the 2030 climate goals due to be agreed this week, argues UK
UN’s Green Fund says all obstacles for pledges now removed
NEWS: Executive director hails Barbados meeting as start of an era for GCF, expects US$10 billion by end of 2014
Brazilian tribesman takes his forest message global
INTERVIEW: As Brazil’s government goes cool on forest protection, an indigenous leader speaks up for his people’s role
Qingdao prepares China’s 8th regional carbon market
NEWS: A Chinese city of 9 million people is getting in on emissions trading, despite being left out of an official pilot programme
Take on the “fatcats” or scrap EU carbon market – think-tank
NEWS: Europe’s emissions trading system is failing as steel and cement companies hoard excess pollution permits, warns Sandbag
Divestment campaign signs up first Swedish city
NEWS: Örebro has committed to drop its investments in coal, oil and gas companies, in line with a goal to go fossil-free by 2050
Energy companies unprepared for climate risks – study
NEWS: Only 7% of coal, oil and gas companies have checked their projects are consistent with limiting dangerous global warming, says Carbon Tracker Initiative
Is Africa ready for the Green Climate Fund?
ANALYSIS: The fund’s board hopes to thrash out its issues in Barbados this week. But African countries must show they are ready to make good use of climate cash