EU Emissions

Analysts kept guessing on carbon

As EU carbon allowance prices breach €20/tonne, Mark Nicholls asks where the market is heading

Emissions Trading

Signs of sophistication

New types of transaction are coming to US emissions trading. David Biello reports on how they could transform the market

Project Finance

Beyond the Equator

Two years after their launch, Paul Watchman finds the Equator Principles continuing to evolve – and facing profound challenges. More..

How I see it by Richard Sandor

Trading away conflict

How environmental markets could help promote peace

Climate change

The mythology of economic peril

Will complying with Kyoto cost the earth? Not if companies realise that energy savings could pay the bill, say Michael Northrop and David Sassoon

Fund Management

The heart of the matter

Christoph Butz sets out a radical new approach to assessing companies’ sustainability

Weather Report – Trading

A growth mirage

Hedge funds may be buoying the weather market, but can they be relied upon to help weather trading grow? Mark Nicholls reports. More..

Weather Report – Hurricanes

Forecasting lower costs

Mark Saunders, Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes and Niklaus Hilti explain how a breakthrough in hurricane forecasting could make money for insurers, weather risk managers, and cat bond traders

Weather Report – Data

Space for insurance

Data from satellites could transform the way the insurance sector assesses risks from natural hazards, says Pierre-Philippe Mathieu

Market View

Canada responds to Kyoto

Errick Willis says ‘Project Green’ represents a major step forward for Canada’s approach to climate change – but lacks key details

Opinion

A public finance watchdog with bite

The Bankwatch Network has been calling multilaterals to account for 10 years – and has no intention of rolling over, says Tomasz Terlecki

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