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130 NGOs Take on European Union’s Green Finance Rules

  • The EU’s green finance rules must be grounded on science, 130 NGOs and experts have told the European Commission.
  • This comes after EU proposed to designate fossil-fuel powered ships, bioenergy, hazardous chemicals and other polluting activities as “sustainable” investments.
  • In a statement, they said the EU executive appeared to have ignored the recommendations of its technical expert group that are largely science-based and robust.

According to a recent news article published in Clean...

https://mfame.guru/130-ngos-take-on-european-unions-green-finance-rules/

130 NGOs Take on European Union’s Green Finance Rules

  • The EU’s green finance rules must be grounded on science, 130 NGOs and experts have told the European Commission.
  • This comes after EU proposed to designate fossil-fuel powered ships, bioenergy, hazardous chemicals and other polluting activities as “sustainable” investments.
  • In a statement, they said the EU executive appeared to have ignored the recommendations of its technical expert group that are largely science-based and robust.

According to a recent news article published in Clean...

https://mfame.guru/130-ngos-take-on-european-unions-green-finance-rules/

Sobel on unsound dollar intervention, OMFIF appoints new chief executive, and more

USA’s President Donald Trump

Sobel on unsound dollar intervention, OMFIF appoints new chief executive, and more

THE WEEKEND REVIEW 

Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world

5-19 July 2019, Vol.10 Ed.29

Most-Read Commentary

Trump’s unsound dollar intervention idea:Markets are abuzz with rumours President Donald Trump will order the US Treasury to intervene in foreign exchange markets to weaken the dollar. Intervention is presently unjustified by macroeconomic and market conditions. An...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/20/sobel-on-unsound-dollar-intervention-omfif-appoints-new-chief-executive-and-more/

Towards new ‘de facto’ gold standard, British and German economic and financial diplomacy

Towards new ‘de facto’ gold standard, British and German economic and financial diplomacy

Commentary: Towards new ‘de facto’ gold standard

By Willem Middelkoop in Aerdenhout

China wants to increase in the shortest time possible its gold reserves to at least 8,000 tonnes. This would put the country on par, in terms of the its gold to GDP ratio, with the US and European Union. Should the need arise, this could open the way for a joint US-EU-China gold revaluation to support the financial system....

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/18/towards-new-de-facto-gold-standard-british-and-german-economic-and-financial-diplomacy/

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