Opinion

What's in your Portfolio?

The lack of a coherent, comprehensive US national strategy to tackle climate change is raising risks for investors – and they want Congress to act, says Mindy Lubber

Ecosystem Markets

Dipping their toes in

Markets for clean water, biodiversity and even pollination may make economic and environmental sense, but the private sector is approaching with caution, find Sissel Waage and Emma Stewart

Venture Captital

A Focus on Focus

The European policy environment could hardly be better for clean technology entrepreneurs. But the continent’s clean-tech venture capitalists lack the scale and the focus to properly serve them, says Mark Cropper

Weather Risk

A breakthrough in Europe's Market?

Last winter saw a number of European utilities turn to the weather derivatives market for the first time – suggesting that Europe is beginning to catch up with the US and Japan in terms of weather hedging, says Jens Boening

Emerging Markets

Banking on sustainability

Addressing social and environmental issues can reduce risk and generate business opportunities for financial institutions. And, increasingly, banks in developing countries are catching on. Ajay Narayanan explains why and how

Market View

Moving to the new US NOx and SO2 Markets

As US emitters prepare for the introduction of the Clean Air Interstate Rule, they can learn from 14 years of market experience in trading emissions, say Daniel Chartier and Melanie LaCount

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