Opinion
Can two become one?
John Craven and James Cameron debate the merits of the UK
and EU’s different approaches to greenhouse gas emissions
trading. More...
How I see it by Richard Sandor
CCX progress report
The Chicago Climate Exchange continues to attract new participants
and board members for its ambitious voluntary GHG trading
scheme
Carbon funds
Lessons from UBS
Thomas Stetter and Klaus Böswald explain how UBS designed
its innovative carbon fund – and why it failed
Renewable energy
Netherlands blazes green power trail
One small step for the Netherlands, one giant leap for a
Europe-wide green power market. Mark Nicholls reports
Fund management
SRI investors hedge their bets
A handful of US hedge funds have bucked the image of their
asset class – by adopting socially responsible investment.
Ricardo Bayon reports
Weather risk
Hedging weather south of the border
Hector Ibarra explains how Agroasemex turned to the weather
risk market to lower the cost of insurance for farmers in
Mexico
Market view
Argentina, bio-diesel and the CDM
Sebastian Sala and Fabian Gaioli set out how the CDM could
help fund a new bio-diesel industry in Argentina
Emissions trading
Beyond the Clean Air Act
As the US administration reviews its approach to regulating
power industry emissions, Ann Berwick calls for the inclusion
of CO2 in an integrated multi-pollutant bill, while Joel Bluestein
suggests a radical new structure for ‘cap-and-trade’
schemes
Emissions trading
Multilateral trading: learning from the US
The EU should look to the experiences of
US emissions trading schemes when designing
its own, warns Alexander Farrell
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