… investment banking firm receives an urgent call from James D. Marston, Regional Director of Environmental Defense's Texas Office and head of the Texas Climate Initiative. You meet with … utility TXU, and he needs your immediate feedback. The private equity firms want two environmental groups - Environmental Defense (also known as the Environmental Defense Fund or EDF) and NRDC - at …
… the country's crop insurance. Crop insurance provided farmers with a hedge against climate, environmental, and other risks. Around 40% of grain farmers in South Africa purchased hail insurance, the most common … for crop insurance. To underwrite these agricultural policies, Santam used its riskassessment expertise and decades of weather-related data to estimate the frequency of major …
… the market to the expected degree. Misalignment of incentives and perceived project risk are responsible for this underinvestment. Building owners and tenants do not always … make in the event of a default is junior to the property mortgage holder. This is why the Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) plays an important role. The EUA is a deal structure … to attract private finance. It also addresses the misalignment of incentives by creating an Environmental Upgrade Charge (EUC) that allows a property owner and a tenant to more …
… Most environmentalists had hoped that the December 2009 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen … United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - issued two more climate change assessment reports, pointing to human activity as the primary reason for the increase in … Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Carbon and Markets … Carbon and Markets Most environmentalists had hoped that the December 2009 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen …
… private capital to clean energy projects in Connecticut. Using transaction enablers and risk mitigants like loan loss reserve funds, interest rate buy-downs, subordinated debt, or … It supported the banking industry in offering standardized products for consumers, and derisked larger stand-alone transactions. But back in Connecticut, trouble was brewing. A … the balance sheet? And if so for how long? What were the political, economic, and climate risks and opportunities of a slower transition? And what trade-offs existed between …
… and the government. While consumers generally indicated that they liked the idea of an environmentally friendly automobile, they did not want to give up the performance they had … become increasingly polarized with the GCC denying the existence of global warming while environmental groups were calling for drastic cuts in the consumption of fossil fuel. With … be shifted to discussing feasible alternatives, but how could the company position its environmental efforts in an increasingly polarized atmosphere? Equity and Justice …
… brought into the agency. The RIIB administers a number of financial-assistance programs for environmental projects in the state. One of these programs is the EBF, a financing program … brought into the agency. The RIIB administers a number of financial-assistance programs for environmental projects in the state. One of these programs is the EBF, a financing program … brought into the agency. The RIIB administers a number of financial-assistance programs for environmental projects in the state. One of these programs is the EBF, a financing program …
… into account when deciding how much to charge? And with scientists increasingly wary of environmental organizations pushing an agenda at the expense of what academics saw as … into account when deciding how much to charge? And with scientists increasingly wary of environmental organizations pushing an agenda at the expense of what academics saw as … into account when deciding how much to charge? And with scientists increasingly wary of environmental organizations pushing an agenda at the expense of what academics saw as …