Opinion
The sky's the limit
Voluntary offset programmes aren’t a
panacea, but they are a valuable weapon in
the battle against climate change, says
Jonathan Shopley Climate Change
An inconvenient state?
Could California’s climate change legislation
change the debate in the US? Douglas
Smith considers the implications of AB32
Weather Risk
A warm front for Europe's weather market?
Will investment funds reverse declining
volumes in European weather markets?
Christopher Cundy investigates
Mercury
To trade or not to trade
Ray Pospisil reports on growing opposition
to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s
plans to introduce a trading scheme for mercury
emissions
Fund Management
A trillion and rising
Europe’s socially responsible investment market
is worth more than €1 trillion, finds
Eurosif’s survey. Matt Christensen explains
Emissions Trading
Wider, longer, deeper
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme is beginning
to work, but we should be more, not
less, ambitious going forward, argues Paul
Dawson
Water
Running down run-off
Trading in US water quality credits is picking
up – but, as Ray Pospisil reports, bigger markets
are needed to attract Wall Street
Insurance
Why 'good' science doesn't help
Insurance companies know that climate
change poses a threat – but they’re using the
wrong tools to know exactly how much, says
Andrew Dlugolecki
Bioenergy
The fuels of the future
Ronnie Lim looks at the forces propelling a
renewable fuels revolution – and some of the
companies in the vanguard
Renewable Energy
Let a thousand wind farms bloom
China’s ambitions for renewable energy are
breathtaking. But are they achievable? Michael
Rank reports on progress so far
Market View
The best-laid plans
The future of US emissions markets – and
companies’ likely compliance costs – hang in
the balance, says Jessica Rackley
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