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| Features, February 2001 |
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| FUND MANAGEMENT |
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| CAN SRI FUNDS
SHRUG OFF A ROCKY YEAR? Over-exposure to technology stocks hit US socially responsible investment funds hard last year. Ricardo Bayon asks what their underperformance means for the sector. More... |
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| PROJECT FINANCE |
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| DAMMED IF YOU
DO... Launched with great fanfare at the end of last year, the report from the World Commission on Dams promises a new, consensual approach to dam development. But, as Melvyn Westlake reports, it may have simply given dam builders and busters a new battleground. More... |
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| HOW I SEE IT |
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| CALIFORNIA UTILITIES:
THE S&L CRISIS REVISITED We've seen it all before: California's power crisis echoes problems with Savings and Loans companies in the 1980s, says Richard Sandor |
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| US ELECTIONS |
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| BUSH NAMES GREEN(ISH)
TEAM It's a mixed bag as far as President George W Bush' environmental appointees go - but some of the key issues that will face his administration are more clear cut. Mark Nicholls reports |
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| KYOTO PROTOCOL |
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| PROGRESSION OR
REGRESSION AFTER THE HAGUE Most observers and participants have done their best to put on a brave face on the outcome of COP 6. Two leading private sector practitioners, Lionel Fretz and James Cameron, offer their personal perspectives on where progress was made - and where it wasn't. |
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| CARBON CREDITS
OR BUST The Dutch government, the World Bank, and various multinational energy companies are developing projects linked to the Kyoto Protocol, and were looking to COP 6 in The Hague to put the rules for such projects in place. Mark Nicholls asks where the failure to reach agreements leaves them. |
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| MARKET VIEW |
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| METHANE EMISSIONS
- REDUCTIONS FROM RUMINANTS Companies preparing to participate in the trading of greenhouse gas emissions should not overlook the potential to reduce methane emissions from livestock, say Gerald Turnbull and Bernard du Charme. |
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| EMISSIONS TRADING |
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| TO TRADE OR NOT
TO TRADE? The introduction of the UK's voluntary emissions trading scheme presents companies with a difficult decision - is it in their interest to join? William Blyth considers the issues, and what they should do if the answer is 'yes'. |
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| WEATHER DERIVATIVES |
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| SUNNY OUTLOOK
FOR WEATHER INVESTORS? Weather derivatives have the potential to be a great investment. But the special features of these products demand careful attention to portfolio management techniques, say Stephen Jewson and Anders Brix |
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| PROFILE |
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| ROBERT SHAW As the venture capitalist who foresaw the explosion in 'microgeneration' stocks, Robert Shaw is well known in alternative energy circles. HeÕs now beginning to share his experience with the socially responsible investment community |
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