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Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... needs to contain global warming to less than two degrees Celsius. The report cites a figure from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which has said that "cumulative investment of $53 trillion is required by 2035 in the energy sector alone while New ...

Climate Bonds Initiative gain insurance body partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... economies, societies, investments and even civilization on our current trajectory towards what the International Energy Agency calls a catastrophic 4-6oC global warming, the role of insurers is vital." See Also: Climate-aligned bond universe reaches ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... or any other agricultural byproducts," Climate Bond Standard said. The Climate Bond Standard cited International Energy Agency statistics saying that (IEA) that biofuels could provide 27% of total transport fuel. "The potential climate mitigation role ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative. The Climate Bonds Initiative cites statistical from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which statest that 1% of buildings are renovated each year globally, but "the overwhelming majority of these renovations ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... influence economic development, and the IPCCs' analysis is reflective of work that's happening at the International Energy Agency, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation for the past year/year and a half," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC chief ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... in public and global aid funds subsidize the growing use of cars." The Climate Bond Standard cited International Energy Agency (IEA) data saying that the transport sector is responsible for 23% of all energy-related CO2 emissions globally and 13% of ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... eligibility criteria of bonds used to finance investments in the chemical industry. "Secondly, the International Energy Agency estimates that some 40% of investment in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 2050 will be in energy efficiency," Kidney said ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... formulate the eligibility criteria for solar energy. The group includes experts from Imperial College, the International Energy Agency (IEA), SolarPACES research consortium, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Greenpeace, Bloomberg New ...

Australian exposed to carbon bubble through coal resources

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... tonnes coal equivalent as part of the current five year plan, the report said, further noting that the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that China's coal consumption will peak within the next 10 years, assuming all polices are implemented. ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... reduce emission and mitigate the impacts of rising global temperatures. The coalition cites a 2012 International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook, which found that polices and recent trends will lead to long-term average global temperature increase ...