Following the publication of the EPA’s draft Regulatory Impact Analysis this week which includes proposed changes to the Renewable Fuels Standards Program, the Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber expressed both concerns and optimism regarding the possible effects this will have on the export-driven Argentine biodiesel industry. Leer más »

The bond issue responds to growing interest from investors, who wish to support climate change-related projects in developing countries.

The green bonds will support the Bank’s climate action projects (both mitigation and adaptation).

The bond is an example of innovation the Bank is trying to encourage to stimulate public and private-sector financing for climate action

The World Bank recently launched its first “green bonds” designed to raise additional funding for projects or programs that support low-carbon activities in client countries. Leer más »

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, launched last week a new “órdago” to the planetarium energy establishment. It was during the closing of the I Internacional Conference on Biofuels held in São Paulo that concluded that the world ethanol production will grow 200% in the next six years, eating lands to the fossil fuels. The African continent is in the Brazilian aim point, vast in hectares of waste lands and generous in sun and manpower, essential elements for the cultivation of the sugarcane. Leer más »