… The conference also left in doubt the future of current mechanisms such as the European Carbon Market. The conference in Copenhagen came after 20 years of international conferences and scientific panels on the issue of climate change. The first shot came in 1990 when a panel of … investment opportunities in Europe, Latin America and Asia. A new industry around carbonfinance emerged, with firms like Climate Change Capital (CCC) of London taking the lead in …
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… mission to help the poor. As the company was recovering from this move, the price of solar panels spiked and sales declined. Investors put pressure on Hande to lay off employees and contract the organization. With the help of the World Bank’s commercial finance arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Hande was able to restructure the company in 2008. SELCO remained …
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… U.S. market. Meanwhile, international efforts to prevent global warming had accelerated. A series of UN-sponsored conferences, bringing together the nations of the world, had … believed that the agreement would not be ratified by the Senate. In 1988, a vocal, well-financed lobbying organization called the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) had been formed by … efforts in an increasingly polarized atmosphere? Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG General Motors and Kyoto (1998) … General Motors and Kyoto (1998) During the …
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