Sustainable trade
The real clash in Cancun
Nick Robins argues it is time to introduce sustainability
into international trade talks More...
Corporate disclosure
Insurers' impacts remain uncovered
Insurers are beginning to report on their social and environmental
impacts. But Paul Scott suggests that few are going far enough
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Weather report
Data
Will data law boost weather market?
Weather dealers are hopeful that a proposed EU directive
could shake up the provision of weather data. Alex Mathias
reports
Agriculture
Helping to seed weather markets
Weather risk management could prove a boon to developing
countries. Ulrich Hess
sets out how the World Bank can help
Hedging
Hedging and swap illiquidity
Growing liquidity in the weather markets
could open the door to more dynamic hedging,
says Michael Moreno
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Emissions trading
Utilities, Wall St, on watch for reform
US government reforms could transform how industry manages
its SO2, NOx and mercury emissions. David Biello reports
How I see it by Richard Sandor
The benefits of sustainability
Environmental considerations play an ever-greater role in
corporate decision-making
Market view
Where is the SO2 market going?
Gene Maze considers what factors drive the
price of SO2 allowances in the US
Sustainable energy
REEEP and ye shall sow
UK Sustainable Energy Minister Larry
Whitty explains an ambitious international
initiative to boost renewable energy
Energy efficiency
Lending a hand
New approaches are needed to finance energy
efficiency projects.Two pioneering initiatives
offer a promising way forward, says
Michael Northrop
Sector focus – metals
Metals firms look to new markets
Emerging environmental markets present
new opportunities to the metals and mining
sectors, says Devin Crago
Kyoto Protocol
Contracting for carbon
Both buyers and sellers of carbon credits
need to consider carefully their reduction
purchase agreements, argue Arun Mehta,
Chandra Sinha and Karan Capoor
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