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Keep up to date with the Southwest Climate Change Network news feeds. Drawing on a selection of high-quality credible sources, the feeds provide quick access to new and recent stories on climate change and energy in the Southwest, cutting-edge climate change research, and climate change solutions involving policy, new technology, and the private sector.

Investment and Finance

Stories in this feed are from Environmental Finance Online, a monthly magazine covering the ever-increasing impact of environmental issues on the lending, insurance, investment and trading decisions affecting industry.

No clean-tech rally before 2010 – BoA

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 09, 2009

9 April: Investors hoping that clean technology will be able to beat the market in 2009 look to be disappointed, Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch said this week.

ICF sees EUA prices breaching €70 by 2020 (from Carbon Finance)

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 09, 2009

9 April: The failure of the EU to meet its 2020 renewable energy targets could see EU allowance prices hitting €70 ($93) by that date, according to consultancy ICF International.

UK set to unveil bioenergy sustainability policy (from Bioenergy Business)

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 09, 2009

UK set to unveil bioenergy sustainability policy (from Bioenergy Business)

Asset4 aims to plug gaps in corporate carbon data

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 09, 2009

9 April: Environmental and social data provider Asset4 has launched a product to help plug the gaps in the timeliness and completeness of corporate carbon disclosure.
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E.Capital Partners launches water index

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 09, 2009

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Climate Group rebuts attack on Climate Principles

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 09, 2009

9 April: The Climate Group has hit back at claims that the Climate Principles are “meek” or “window dressing”, but acknowledged that “more action” is required from the finance sector to tackle climate change.

US market welcomes Waxman-Markey climate bill

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 02, 2009

2 April: Congressmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey have received plaudits for a bill that would create an emissions trading system in the US.

Clean-tech and energy investment halves in first quarter

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 02, 2009

2 April: Investment in clean technology and clean energy plummeted in the first quarter of 2009, according to figures published this week.

UK, Germany reveal large EUA shortfalls (from Carbon Finance)

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 02, 2009

2 April: The UK and Germany have posted a “staggering” EU allowance shortfall of more than 140 million for last year – with more installations yet to report.

ESG applied to $300 billion of investment in emerging markets

Published by Environmental Finance Online News on April 02, 2009

2 April: More than $300 billion is invested in ‘sustainable’ emerging market funds, or mainstream funds which have promised to integrate environmental, social and governance analysis into their investment process, according to the first survey of the sector, commissioned by the International Finance Corporation.