fun Obama to Pledge $3 Billion for Climate Change Fund By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2014-11-17T16:53:00Z President Barack Obama will pledge $3 billion to a United Nations climate-change fund that’s intended to help poor nations boost renewable energy and counter the ill effects of global warming. Full Article Storage Energy Efficiency Wind Power Solar
fun Uncovering Green Alternative Energy Mutual Funds By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2015-01-20T17:30:00Z Not all alternative energy mutual funds are created equal. In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, a reporter asked me which alternative energy mutual funds were the most focused on renewables, noting that many mutual funds hold non-energy related companies such as Apple, PepsiCo and Google. The answer to this question is not as straight forward as one might think. This article sorts out which mutual funds are truly invested in the dynamic and growing green energy sector, and which ones are more peripheral. Full Article Energy Efficiency Hydropower Baseload Energy Efficiency Bioenergy Wind Power Solar Geothermal
fun India Renewables Boom Aided by International Funds By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2015-02-16T16:51:00Z India said cheaper credit along with foreign investment will help the world’s third-largest polluter fund an ambitious renewable energy program that would build green power plants faster than China. Full Article Storage Energy Efficiency Wind Power Solar
fun Green Mutual Funds and ETFs May Recover in 2015 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2015-04-08T14:26:00Z Alternative energy mutual funds are continuing to recover from a slump which started in fall 2014. Annual returns range greatly, though, from a high of 15.6 percent for Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth (BIAWX), to a low of -15.8 percent for Guinness Atkinson Alternative Energy (GAAEX). The large 12-month drop by GAAEX was precipitated by painful losses in some of its top weighted holdings. Full Article Energy Efficiency Baseload Storage Energy Efficiency Bioenergy Wind Power Opinion & Commentary Solar Geothermal
fun New Fund Betting on Clean-Tech Startups By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-01-23T14:17:12Z A California incubator that houses and nurtures clean-energy startups is expanding into venture capital. Full Article Microgrids News Vehicle to grid DER Bioenergy Wind Power DER Solar Infrastructure
fun Trump said to again seek deep cuts in renewable energy funding By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-03-08T11:36:00Z The Trump administration is again seeking severe cuts to the U.S. Energy Department division charged with renewable energy and energy efficiency research, according to a department official familiar with the plan. Full Article Bioenergy News Hydropower Wind Power Solar Geothermal
fun LevelTen receives series B funding; arranges 146-MW PPA for Starbucks By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-05T16:46:27Z Seattle, WA-based LevelTen Energy helps corporate buyers of renewable energy find and purchase energy from solar and wind projects within North America through its procurement platform. The company says its solution reduces the cost, complexity, and risk of renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs), by incorporating analytics, aggregation, and process best practices. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Wind Power C&I Solar
fun [Coronavirus] EU's virus-alert agency says more funds needed By euobserver.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 07:09:02 +0200 The EU's disease prevention agency says more funds will be needed to shore up surveillance of infectious diseases, which it wants to make less reliant on humans. Full Article
fun Danish Pension Fund To Invest in Renewable Energy Projects in Developing Nations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2014-01-13T16:13:00Z PensionDanmark A/S and other Danish pension investors backed a state fund to finance emission-reduction projects in developing countries as the Scandinavian nation seeks to export its climate know-how abroad. Full Article Storage Energy Efficiency Wind Power Solar
fun Renewables to Receive Lion's Share of $7.7 Trillion in Global Power Funding By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2014-07-01T14:41:00Z Renewable energy may reap as much as two-thirds of the $7.7 trillion in investment forecast for building new power plants by 2030 as declining costs make it more competitive with fossil fuels. Full Article Wind Power Solar
fun EU Nations Mull Funds to Aid Clean Energy in 2030 Climate Deal By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2014-10-09T11:34:00Z European Union governments are considering the use of carbon-permit funds to help finance clean technologies and spur poorer nations toward a low-carbon economy under a planned deal on 2030 climate and energy policies. Full Article Wind Power Storage Solar
fun UK Green Bank Set to Draw Offshore Wind Investors to $1.6 Billion Fund By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2014-10-20T14:58:00Z The U.K. Green Investment Bank is set to tie up the first investments in a $1.6 billion fund by the end of March, part of Britain’s push to cement its dominance in offshore wind power. Full Article Wind Power Storage Solar
fun Obama to Pledge $3 Billion for Climate Change Fund By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2014-11-17T16:53:00Z President Barack Obama will pledge $3 billion to a United Nations climate-change fund that’s intended to help poor nations boost renewable energy and counter the ill effects of global warming. Full Article Storage Energy Efficiency Wind Power Solar
fun India Renewables Boom Aided by International Funds By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2015-02-16T16:51:00Z India said cheaper credit along with foreign investment will help the world’s third-largest polluter fund an ambitious renewable energy program that would build green power plants faster than China. Full Article Storage Energy Efficiency Wind Power Solar
fun How Crowdfunding is Going to Save the Planet By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2016-02-26T14:24:00Z Clean, renewable energy is the single most needed technology by the millennial generation. Not only is it the key to slowing global warming and climate change, but it also solves a host of other problems, such as respiratory diseases and national security. Full Article Hydropower Baseload Bioenergy Wind Power Solar Geothermal
fun Spotlight on Alumni: Nepal Chapter Raises Funds for Tsunami Survivors, Street Children, and Fosters International Ties with Alumni By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:35:34 +0000 Spotlight on Alumni: Nepal Chapter Raises Funds for Tsunami Survivors, Street Children, and Fosters International Ties with Alumni Between raising funds for victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami, helping support educational programs for street children, and forging a sister-chapter relationship with alumni in Australia, the EWCA Nepal Alumni Chapter in Kathmandu has been busy carrying out the Center’s mission in South Asia. Full Article
fun Help EWC Earn Matching Funds by June 30 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:32:07 +0000 Through June, the McInerny Foundation will match your gift up to $100 per donor: When you donate for the first-time OR When you add $100 to your last contribution We are at 42% of our matching goal--your gift is critical, is needed now, and makes a difference. How can you make your gift? It's easy to make a gift online by using our secure website service: EastWestCenter.org/donatenow Make a gift by credit card or check (payable to: East-West Center Foundation) and mail to East-West Center Foundation, 1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848-1601 Donate by June 30, 2013 to earn matching funds! Full Article
fun Private Equity Fund Practice: ILPA Principles 3.0 Evolution or Revolution? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-07-11 Introduction The Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”) has released Version 3.0 of its Principles aimed at fostering transparency, governance and alignment of interests for general partners (“GPs”) and limited p... Full Article
fun Authorised funds for hedge strategies By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-11-14 When it comes to hedge strategies, onshore FCA-authorised fund vehicles may offer some unique advantages with fewer drawbacks than you might think. When it comes to authorised funds - as in a fund authorised as a product, by a regulator &ndas... Full Article
fun Hedge funds and UK management vehicles: a cheat-sheet for first-time managers By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-21 The path to establishing a UK management entity for an offshore fund branches off in all manner of directions. One of the first crossroads faced by the first-time manager is the choice of UK management vehicle. Their decision has significan... Full Article
fun Coronavirus - Commercial Court and Litigation Funding - Northern Ireland By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-05 Commercial Court – a return to action? On 4 May 2020, the Commercial Court Judge in Northern Ireland, the Honourable Mr Justice Horner, circulated an update to legal professionals stating clearly that the Commercial ‘Hub’ is open f... Full Article
fun East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:08 +0000 East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change HONOLULU (September 24, 2010) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to serve as the lead institution in the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment program, which is designed to help island and coastal communities cope with the effects of climate change. Full Article
fun Senior Fellow Fesharaki Endows Scholarship Fund for Iranian Students in East-West Center Leadership Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:16 +0000 Senior Fellow Fesharaki Endows Scholarship Fund for Iranian Students in East-West Center Leadership Program HONOLULU (March 9, 2010) – East-West Center Senior Fellow and prominent energy market analyst Fereidun Fesharaki has established a fund to help Iranian and other participants attend the East-West Center’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program. Under an agreement recently signed with the Center, Dr. Fesharaki has pledged to donate his full monthly take home EWC salary, which will exceed the $25,000 necessary to establish a scholarship fund. The Fesharaki Scholarship Fund will be used to fund awards of at least $1,000 each year for one or more students, with a preference for (but not limited to) Iranian students from Iran or elsewhere outside the United States. Awards will be granted based on financial need, leadership experience, educational achievement, and funding availability. Full Article
fun UN Democracy Fund Awards East-West Center $225K to Help Strengthen Democracy in Pakistan By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:17 +0000 UN Democracy Fund Awards East-West Center $225K to Help Strengthen Democracy in Pakistan HONOLULU (Feb. 18, 2010) – The East-West Center has received a grant of $225,000 from the United Nations Democracy Fund to help strengthen Pakistan’s recently restored democracy. The project will reinforce electoral and parliamentary processes and enhance civil society’s capacity to promote accountability and transparency. “Pakistan is a Muslim country of 164 million people, and a nuclear power,” said project leader Shabbir Cheema, Director of the East-West Center’s Asia-Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiative. “But a weak Parliament, lack of trust in electoral processes and weak civil society institutions have constrained the deepening and consolidation of democracy in the country.” Full Article
fun East-West Center Establishes Thai Scholarship Fund By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:32 +0000 East-West Center Establishes Thai Scholarship Fund Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (center, wearing lei) and the scholarship committee pose in front of the rededicated sala. Click image to enlarge. HONOLULU (Jan. 28, 2009) – The East-West Center and an EWC alumni group have signed the agreement which establishes a new scholarship fund to assist Thai students at the Center. Interest earnings from the Royal Sala Thai Scholarship Fund will help cover travel and living expenses for qualified graduate students from Thailand studying in Hawai‘i on East-West Center grants. Full Article
fun Center for Global Partnership Helps Fund New EWC Journalism Seminar on Disaster Management & Resiliency By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:52:10 +0000 Journalists from Pacific Plate countries invited to apply by March 12 HONOLULU (March 5, 2012) – The Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership has awarded the East-West Center close to $100,000 to conduct a journalism seminar focusing on disaster management and resiliency. Journalists from Japan, the U.S., China and other countries bordering the seismically active Pacific tectonic plate are invited to apply by the March 12 deadline. Click here for more information. Full Article
fun East-West Center Awarded $424,000 for Gates Foundation-Funded Project on Economic Potential By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 09 May 2013 01:17:45 +0000 HONOLULU (May 8, 2013) – The East-West Center has received a grant of $423,975 from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health as part of a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on “Realizing the Demographic Dividend for Africa.” Full Article
fun Youth Leadership Exchange Participants from Burma Awarded Funds for Mandalay Environment Project By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:19:20 +0000 HONOLULU (Dec. 3, 2013) -- Five high school students and one teacher from Burma who were recent participants in the Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program at the East-West Center have won a grant of $7,000 in a project proposal competition sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, which funds the SEAYLP program. The EWC program alumni received their award for a proposal to educate the public in the city of Mandalay about environmental issues – with a special focus on outreach to adolescents – and to decrease the amount of litter in the community through clean-ups and placement of recycling bins. Full Article
fun East-West Center Awarded $750,000 for NASA-Funded Project on Changing Land Use in Southeast Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:04:42 +0000 HONOLULU (Feb 11, 2014) – The East-West Center has been awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study land-cover and land-use change in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Over the past half-century these countries have witnessed a major shift from subsistence agrarian economies to commercialized agriculture and, in the case of Thailand and Vietnam, industrialized societies. The project will study transitions in forests, boom crops and urban areas using remote sensing data sources and socioeconomic databases for the 2000-2012 period. The project’s aim is to enhance the conceptual underpinnings of land change science by integrating aspects of global markets, land use and political ecology to explicitly link land changes to local, national and international drivers. Full Article
fun East-West Center to Oversee $4 Million in NOAA Funding to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2015 21:59:55 +0000 HONOLULU (May 5, 2015) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to continue to serve as the lead institution in the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment (RISA) program, which is designed to help island and coastal communities cope with the effects of climate change. This is the second full program award the Center has received from NOAA, and marks the program’s transition into a new phase. The $4,099,785 NOAA grant will be shared over a five-year period by a variety of partners in the Pacific RISA program (see list below). The program was established in 2003 and is one of 11 regional RISA programs supported by NOAA across the U.S. The region covered by the Pacific program includes Hawai‘i, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau and American Samoa. Full Article
fun Doris Duke Funding Adds U.S., Middle East Arts and Culture Reporters to East-West Center’s U.S.-Islamic Media Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:24:27 +0000 Doris Duke's Shangri La estate in Honolulu, now a center for Islamic arts and cultures. Photo: Reese MoriyamaHONOLULU (Aug. 18, 2015) – Thanks to more than $84,000 in funding from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the East-West Center’s 2015 Senior Journalists Seminar, which seeks to improve relations between the U.S. and Muslim regions, will include more Middle Eastern journalists and, for the first time, arts and culture reporters. Full Article
fun EWC to Oversee Close to $500,000 in NOAA Funding to Study Climate, Health, and Migration in Pacific Islands By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:10:34 +0000 King tide in Majuro, Marshall Islands. Photo: Pacific RISAHONOLULU (Oct 25, 2018) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support the International Research and Applications Project (IRAP), which is designed to support international, decision-based research on climate-sensitive health risks in partnership with the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment (RISA) program. Full Article
fun Top tips for avoiding clawback of European funding in procurements By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-11-23 The European Commission has recently published its Public Procurement Guidance for Practitioners on the avoidance of the most common errors in projects funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds ("the Guide"). We have helped... Full Article
fun Consultation on the Pensions Regulators new DB Funding Code - What you need to know By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-03-03 The Pensions Regulator has published the first of its long awaited consultations on a new DB Funding Code. This consultation covers the principles underpinning the Regulator’s approach. A second consultation will follow later in the ... Full Article
fun Pensions Regulators expectations on funding and communications in a crisis By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-30 The Pensions Regulator has issued its 2020 annual funding statement which provides more guidance for plans going through a valuation process and new Full Article
fun Coronavirus Functioning of courts: impact of COVID-19 on procedural time limits and functioning of courts in the Russian Federation - Russia By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-14 By Decree No. 206 On Declaring Non-Working Days in the Russian Federation dated 25 March 2020 ("Decree No. 206") the President of the Russian Federation announced that from 30 March 2020 until 3 April 2020 would be considered non-working days in the... Full Article
fun Open for business: Proposal for a streamlined UK regime for overseas funds post Brexit By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-03-24 Cross-border fund marketing arrangements into the UK are poised to be significantly amended when the current post-Brexit ‘transition or implementation period’ (“TIP”) comes to an end on 31 December 2020. Retail funds&rs... Full Article
fun EU Advocate General gives landmark opinion in relation to the VAT treatment of property services to Real Estate Funds (C-595/13) By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-05-28 This week, an Advocate General gave a landmark opinion that the VAT exemption for the management of certain special investment funds can apply to property management, as well as to other fund management services. The opinion represents a completely ... Full Article
fun The Court of Justice in Eenheid holds that the day to day management of Property Funds is subject to VAT By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-12-10 The Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in Case C-595/13 Staatssecretaris van Financiën v Fiscale Eenheid X NV cs on 9 December 2015. Full Article
fun Coronavirus - Commercial Court and Litigation Funding - Northern Ireland By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-05 Commercial Court – a return to action? On 4 May 2020, the Commercial Court Judge in Northern Ireland, the Honourable Mr Justice Horner, circulated an update to legal professionals stating clearly that the Commercial ‘Hub’ is open f... Full Article
fun Fundamental Data On REITs In COVID-19 Environment By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:22:20 -0400 Full Article GMRE MPW VNQ Dane Bowler SA PRO Income
fun Tax Journal - VAT deductibility for fund-raising: clarity at last By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-23 ... Full Article
fun Coronavirus - (Real Estate) investment funds in the Corona crisis: Liquidity risks through regulatory and tax provisions - Germany By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-12 No support in the Corona crisis... The measures already initiated by the German Federal Government and the EU Commission to support and secure liquidity in the Corona crisis are focused on the industries directly affected by Corona/ COVID 19. They ... Full Article
fun Constitution of Limitation Funds - P&I club letters of undertaking versus payment into court By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-01-17 The English High Court, in the recent case Kairos Shipping Limited v. Enka & Co LLC & Others (Atlantic Confidence) [2013] EWHC 1904 (Comm), considered whether or not a tonnage limitation fund may be constituted by provision of a P&I club... Full Article
fun Thousands of Road Accident Fund cases on hold By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 05:23:00 GMT The RAF has not been declared an essential service and is not allowed to operate under level four of the lockdown regulations. Full Article
fun WWII veteran walks the walk for fundraising on V-E Day By www.startribune.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T01:28:38+00:00 Even though there were no major ceremonies across Europe, British veteran George Sutherland turned a determined walk into his own parade on Victory in Europe Day. Full Article
fun EFF contributes R6m to Solidarity Fund, demands others provide proof of pledges and contributions By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:25:00 GMT The EFF says it has contributed R6 million towards the Solidarity Fund and has challenged others who had pledged towards the fund to produce proof of their promised contributions. Full Article
fun UGAZ: Fund Overview And Performance Analysis By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:32:45 -0400 Full Article UGAZ Juan de la Hoz
fun The Chemist's Quality Closed-End Fund Report: April 2020 By seekingalpha.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:36:19 -0400 Full Article AFT AIF ARDC BFZ BGB BGH BGX BSL DCF ENX EOT ERH ETG EVM EVY HNW HYB HYI IHIT IHTA IVH JGH JLS JPC JSD MCA MUJ NBW NCB NJV NKG NNY NRK NUM NUO NXJ PNI TEI XFLT Stanford Chemist
