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Introduction Recent French and German incentives schemes to engage citizen in the roll-out of renewables demonstrate two things. Firstly, there is a real move towards greater financial involvement of citizen. Secondly, there is no common approach across EU Member States. French r/evolution Beginning this year France put a novel incentive scheme in place. Renewable producer … Continue reading Incentive schemes for citizen: Will the French energy r/evolution inspire the rest of Europe? 
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This G20 Energy Efficiency Investment Toolkit represents the culmination of three years of collaborative work, by participating countries, international organisations (IOs), financial institutions and country experts, to enhance capital flows for energy efficiency investments as compiled and supported by the G20 Energy Efficiency Finance Task Group (“EEFTG”).
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Giving cities powers to levy a ‘transport-premium’ charge would help drive transport investment, economic development and house-building
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In the past decade, with the economic crisis and the transformation of welfare societies, NGOs, community organisations and civic developers – City Makers – established some of the most important services and spaces in formerly vacant buildings, underused areas and neglected neighbourhoods. Consolidating their presence in the regenerated spaces, these initiatives are increasingly looking into…
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Cette étude a pour ambition d’explorer les usages du crowdfunding par les collectivités locales en France : à quoi sert et peut servir cet outil ? Pour quels types de projet estil utilisé, et dans quelle mesure est-il utilisé pour des projets de développement durable ? Quelles sont les motivations des collectivités ? Quels sont leurs partenariats avec les plateformes ? Quels sont les obstacles et les difficultés auxquels elles font face ? Dans quelle mesure le crowdfunding réinterroge-t-il le rôle des collectivités locales ?
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Toujours dans la continuité de sa politique RSE et pour répondre au défi du changement climatique, la RATP vient de lancer sa première émission d
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This report investigates the extent to which Crowdfunding for Energy Efficiency (CF4EE) could play a relevant role in scaling up investments in energy efficiency in developing countries. The document identifies conditions which are conducive for CF4EE and recommends policies and institutional actions that can help scale up CF4EE, where the conditions are favourable, in particular for debt and equity crowdfunding.
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Mongoose Energy has launched ‘Mongoose Crowd’, the UK’s first dedicated crowdfunding platform for community energy.
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Paris Financial Center launches Finance for Tomorrow to showcase it’s expertise in green and sustainable finance
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EEFIG published a new underwriting toolkit on appraising value and risk of energy efficiency investments. The report sets out the reasons why financial institutions should take action, makes specific recommendations and provides material on how to structure energy efficiency investments.
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The mid-term review of the EU’s Capital Markets Union initiative, due on Wednesday (7 June), will mark another step towards the mainstreaming of green finance in Europe, a senior EU official told EURACTIV.
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The Gold Standard unveils a new certification for sustainable urban development.
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CDP, the global climate change disclosure non-profit, and the leading city network in the Baltic Sea Region, the Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC), have agreed on a two-year MOU to involve more cities in the development and reporting of target-oriented climate actions.
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Soft loans, subsidies and World Bank funding mean nations are ‘talking out of both sides of their mouths’ on climate, says report
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Last week’s reflection paper on the Future of EU finances opened the debate on some potentially seismic changes. Reading between the lines, the Commission seems to recognise that it holds a wild card with the EU budget proposal, and that the Future of Europe debate will not actually resolve until the key architecture of the budget is sorted.
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1. Strengthening and reorientation of investment strategies Investment needs for sustainable infrastructure over the next two decades represent a once-in-a-lifetime transition. Rapidly scaling up low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure is key to sustainable development and inclusive economic growth and to meeting the climate …
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Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies, has announced a new suite of investments over the next three years totalling US$200 million.
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The European Commission is currently conducting a mid-term evaluation of Horizon 2020, which will serve as starting point for reflections for the new EU R&I programme beyond 2020.
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Totalling just over 100,000 euros, the money being given out by the CIVINET Activity Fund will enable the ten CIVINETs and their members to undertake 44 activities from June 2017 – December 2018. These fall into four main categories: Capacity building
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A framework for integrating climate change across financial institutions
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The Investor Confidence Project was brought to Europe to develop a system to give confidence to all active stakeholders. There are still concerns that investing in energy efficiency is risky. ICP is designed to change that. ICP started with investments in buildings and is now broadening the scope.
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King’s Lodge, in the English county of Wiltshire, has 96 solar panels producing around 20,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year. The school is one of 19 in the UK that joined a project which attracted 770-thousand-euros of crowdfunding EU Green Week is urging us to think about the environment, as governments face pressure to boost … Continue reading Crowdfunding boosts green power
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