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Features March 2002

Weather report - wind hedging

Straws in the wind

Interest in windspeed hedges is picking up in Europe as new wind power projects come on line, reports Emily Saunderson More...

Weather report - trading

The short-term view

Recent events have boosted trading in short-term contracts, finds Sony Kapoor

Weather report - climate

A world of weather

Extremes and anomalies in 2001

Weather report - marketing

Broadening the market

Richard Kushner discusses why so few firms seem concerned about weather risk

Renewable energy

ROCs market rockets

Nicola Steen examines the complexities - and idiosyncrasies - of the UK's planned green certificate scheme More...

How I see it by Richard Sandor

Observations on Enron

It was little remarked on at the time, but the collapse of Enron has shown the resilience of multilateral markets

Fund management

Stockbrokers see SRI opportunity

London's equity analysts are rolling out SRI research services in a bid to tap into this fast-growing market. Mark Nicholls reports

Insurance

Why not cat bonds?

Expectations of a long-awaited explosion in cat bond issuance are proving unfounded. Alex Mathias reports

Market view

Think global, act local

Despite little action from Washington, Americans are acting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions closer to home, say David Bubenick and Brian Jones

Biodiversity

Green gold

Luis Gamez, Michael Jenkins, and Jim Shields reveal the aspects of ecosystem services as biodiversity meets the market

Emissions trading

Australia settles for the sidelines

Australia started impressively with its climate change policy. Murray Griffin finds out what went wrong

Kyoto Protocol

Credits to industry's rescue

Carbon credits could put Brazil's iron and steel sector back on track to sustainability, says Pedro Moura Costa

Emissions trading

Germany split

Germany is deeply divided over emissions trading, Sascha Lafeld and Armin Sandhoevel say. Will the proposed EU scheme bring resolution?

 

News March 2002

 

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