Dilma Rousseff’s reneging on a plan to limit CO2 emissions had many fearing the worst but June’s summit with the US may simply mean a delayed announcement First it was there. Then it was gone. The long-awaited announcement of Brazil’s new climate target came and went with a sleight of hand that caused an uproar […]
Clean energy asset financing rebounded strongly in the second quarter of 2012, while equity financing remained subdued, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Investment into clean energy over April to June reached a total of $59.6 billion, BNEF said, up 24% on the previous quarter but 18% below the near-record quarterly figure of $72.5 […]
Brazil, Nicaragua and Panama have been ranked the most attractive countries for clean energy investments in Latin America and the Caribbean by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and the Multilateral Investment Fund. The partnership has developed Climatescope – a review of the environment for low-carbon in the region, ranking 26 countries on their climate policies, […]