Fund management

Investors turn up heat on climate change
Investors worth more than $4.5 trillion have been asking
tough questions about climate change. Mark Nicholls looks
at how the world’s 500 largest companies responded More...
How I see it by Richard Sandor

Institutional innovation
Those building the institutions to support greenhouse gas
emissions trading can learn a lot from earlier financial innovators
Weather report
Exchanges

CME contracts clear 1,000 hurdle
The CME’s weather derivatives contracts have come of
age – trading more than 1,000 futures in January. David
Biello reports More...
Climate

A world of weather
Extreme weather events and climatic anomalies in 2002
North America

Cold weather to put heat in US market?
David Biello examines how weather traders dealt with
an unexpectedly harsh winter in parts of the US
End-user profile

Defying the next drought
Southern Hydro’s precipitation hedge will bring more
certainty to its revenues, come rain or shine. Mark
Nicholls reports
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Emissions trading

Allocation promises EU power shake-up
The competitive landscape of the EU power
sector is set to be redrawn, says Abyd
Karmali, when billions of euros worth of
greenhouse gas allowances are handed out
Corporate governance

Examining Enron's SO2 trades
Jeremy Weinstein reports on the bankruptcy
court’s investigation into Enron’s complex –
and controversial – SO2 trades
Fund management

Renewed hope for renewables
Shares in renewable energy companies have
been hammered in the last two years, but
Alex Mathias finds fund managers still bullish
about their prospects
Market view

A green jewel box
Jaap Jansen argues for keeping green certificates
simple
Kyoto Protocol

The prices of carbon
All carbon reductions are equal, but some
are more equal than others, say Michael
Molitor, Laurent Segalen and Kristian
Rajakaltio
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