24 March 2021
The 3 Big Problems With Hydrogen Hype
Mike Barnard wrote a great piece yesterday on the hydrogen folly. As I was going through it, and building on months (or years) of reading, listening, and thoughts on this topic,…
Read More"CMIA helped to explain the potential for project-based mechanisms across a variety of constituencies and is a key voice driving the conversation on results-based finance and sector approaches for scaling-up emission reduction investments. We urgently need input from organisations like CMIA to operationalise Art 6 of the Paris Agreement."
Mr. Franz-Josef Schafhausen, former Director General Climate Change, European and International Affairs, Federal German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
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22 March 2021
Hourly RECs draw interest, raise questions
A new arrangement between US technology company Google and generation registry Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS) for hourly renewable energy certificates (RECs) could herald changes in the dynamics of…
Read More19 March 2021
The Case For Fossil Fuel Engagement
Fossil fuel divestment has grown into a socially influential and impactful movement. Fossil fuel divestment has grown into a socially influential and impactful movement. It has unquestionably succeeded in changing…
Read More17 March 2021
Bank of England Gets New Mandate to Drive Net-Zero Goals
The Bank of England will seek to start greening its corporate bond-buying program from the end of the year after the government said it must consider the U.K.’s pledge to eliminate greenhouse…
Read More15 March 2021
As Electric Vehicles Enter The Mainstream, Hydrogen’s Potential Is Yet To Be Unleashed
Is hydrogen really futile as a fuel for vehicles? Is hydrogen really futile as a fuel for vehicles? Is it done and dusted, its potential left to languish by the…
Read More12 March 2021
S&P Global Platts to launch AI-driven carbon credit indices
S&P Global Platts has announced a partnership with environmental investment company Viridios Capital to use artificial intelligence to bring transparency to the voluntary carbon market. The move aims to drive…
Read More10 March 2021
Foot off the Gas: Why the UK should invest in clean energy
Betting on new gas today means shouldering consumers with higher prices tomorrow as well as missing the net zero pathway the UK government has committed to. Clean Energy Portfolios are…
Read More08 March 2021
Carbon Trading Is His Contribution To Public Good, Market Innovator Says
Richard Sandor is credited with inventing the market for financial futures, pioneering insurance derivatives, setting the benchmark for American interest rates, but his contribution to the public good, he said…
Read More05 March 2021
World Bank, IMF to consider climate change in debt reduction talks
World Bank and IMF working on ways to factor climate change into debt reduction negotiations. The World Bank is working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on ways to factor…
Read More03 March 2021
Why investing in nature is key to climate mitigation
A new consultation paper from McKinsey and the World Economic Forum explores the role that natural climate solutions can play in helping to address climate change and the destruction of…
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