Carbon News (17 articles)

Key Investment Themes Low Carbon Fossil Fuels

By Simon Webber, Schroders on 11 December 2012 Thematic News

With gas such a crucial fuel in the transition to a low carbon economy Schroders talk about how this will affect the climate change strategy.

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Global | Carbon | Schroder

Carbon emissions reductions way behind schedule

By Simon Webber, Schroders on 11 December 2012 Thematic News

A PWC study this month calculates that the global carbon intensity improvement required to meet a 2°C warming target has now risen to 5.1% a year, from now to 2050.

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UK | Carbon | Schroder

Government to pay householders to generate heat from renewable sources

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 24 September 2012

The government is considering paying householders that generate their own ‘green’ heat such as air and ground-source heat pumps, biomass boilers and solar thermal panels.

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UK | Carbon

US EPA greenhouse gas regulations fuel debate in presidential election

By Carol Wong, Worldwise Investor on 5 September 2012 Thematic News

We examine the growing divide between the two US presidential campaign's energy policy and the debate over greenhouse gas regulations.

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US | Carbon

Mandatory carbon emissions reporting to drive investment

By Carol Wong, Worldwise Investor on 26 June 2012 Thematic News

Business groups and environmental NGOs hailed the UK government’s announcement that carbon emissions reporting would now be mandated for companies listed on the London Stock Exchange – some 1,600 of the UK’s largest businesses.

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UK | Carbon

Energy Efficient Housing

By Simon Webber, Schroders on 28 May 2012 Thematic News

This month our key investment theme is energy efficient housing. We also look at Europe as it re-evaluates its climate change policies and at preparations beyond the region in the run-up to the Major Economies Forum on Energy & Climate. Once again, the latest scientific studies highlight the need to mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Europe | Carbon | Schroder

Online-retail, a low carbon business model

By Simon Webber, Schroders on 22 April 2012

Schroders examines the carbon footprint of the online retail business versus the more traditional bricks-and-mortar business and assesses the potential for profit

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China is Considering a Carbon Tax

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 25 January 2012 Thematic News

China is considering imposing a tax on carbon emissions, bringing the largest emitter in the world into a very small group of countries with such a policy. Although this is clearly a step towards reducing emissions, critics have argued that it may be more of a political display than an environmental success.

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How much is the UK giving to international Climate Change funds?

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 19 December 2011 Thematic News

The UK has recently passed the £1bn mark for donations to “Fast Start Finance”, a fund created at the Copenhagen Climate talks to which almost $30bn was pledged.

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UK | Environmental, Carbon

Climate Change pact reached in Durban

By Louise Fallon, Worldwise Investor on 12 December 2011 Thematic News

A Climate Change “pact” was agreed upon by over 190 countries, in the last minutes of the talks at Durban. The pact will be somewhat legally binding, which is a first for China, India and the US, although actual targets are yet to be agreed upon. Other decisions from the talks include an extension of the Kyoto Protocol, a potential Green Fund to start in 2012 and plans to set targets by 2015.

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