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Carbon Funds 2009/10 by Environmental Finance Publications

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Carbon Funds 2009/10 NEW!

Fully updated, now listing more than 100 existing or planned funds – managing more than $15 billion – dedicated to investing in emission-reducing projects that generate carbon credits.

Available either as a hard copy or as a fully-searchable CD-Rom.


Contents:

At-a-glance summaries of each fund or facility including:

  • Aims
  • Size and investment timescales
  • Project eligibility criteria
  • Contact details
  • Other key data for potential investors and project developers


    Plus:

  • An exclusive survey of carbon fund managers – their views on, and the outlook for, the carbon market
  • An update on and analysis of the Kyoto Protocol
  • Glossary of terms


    An indispensable text for:

  • Potential buyers of carbon credits
  • Investors in the carbon market
  • Project developers
  • Host country authorities
  • Consultants
  • Verification agencies
  • Project financiers
  • Lawyers

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    Sustainable Bioenergy Report by Environmental Finance Publications

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    Sustainable Bioenergy NEW!

    Available either as an e-book (pdf)
    or as a fully-searchable CD-Rom.

    This special report examines developments in the leading bioenergy markets, with an overview by McKinsey consultants.


    Major topics include:

    Government targets for biofuels and biomass power
    Tax breaks and incentive mechanisms
    Comparisons of competing feedstocks
    Availability of land
    The food vs fuel debate
    Analysis of greenhouse gas reductions
    Biogas potential
    Prospects for cellulosic feedstocks
    Risks from non-native plants
    Technologies of the future
    Market outlook to 2020 and beyond
    Risk management
    Bioenergy and the carbon market

    Plus:
    In-depth analysis of bioenergy developments in China, the US, Brazil, Europe and Africa.

    Contents:

    120 pages
    52 tables and charts

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    Essential reference work/ text for:

    Energy companies
    Agricultural firms
    Commodity and energy traders
    Project financiers
    Cleantech investors
    Renewable energy developers
    Transport companies
    Policy makers
    Consultants
    Energy/environmental lawyers
    Oil companies

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    Low Carbon World by Will Oulton

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    Investment Opportunities
    for a Low Carbon World

    This authoritative multi-contributor book provides institutional and individual investors with an overview of the fast growing and dynamic low carbon technologies and the ways and means
    of gaining exposure to them.


    Leading market experts analyse environmental and low carbon technologies and sectors; measurement tools, investment vehicles and markets available to investors. It also explores the macro issues that affect the outlook for investors, from regulatory issues to broader questions on the impact of climate change.

    The author, Will Oulton, has over 20 years experience in the financial sector. He is a leading figure in the global responsible investment market, instrumental in the creation of a range of products and services including the leading environmental technology index, the FTSE ET 50, and the world's leading SRI index series, FTSE4Good.

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    Click here to buy Carbon Pricing & Trading

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    while stocks last!

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    Carbon Trading & Pricing

    This book, written by Joost L M Kanen, is an essential guide to the factors influencing the price of emissions allowances in the EU.

    Key Topics:

  • Motivation of carbon buyers & sellers
  • Industry vs financial participants in the carbon market
  • Relationship between carbon price and coal, gas, oil and power markets
  • Major supply and demand factors
  • Market inefficiencies
  • Taxation and legal issues
  • Interaction between EU allowances, CDM and JI credits
  • Potential impact of Japanese, Canadian and other carbon markets
  • An invaluable reference tool for:

  • Industry participants in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
  • Power generators
  • Emissions/Commodity traders
  • Brokers
  • Carbon investment vehicles
  • Hedge funds
  • Consultants
  • Lawyers
  • Policy makers
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    Carbon Finance

    This book, written by Sonia Labatt and Rodney R. White (authors of Environmental Finance) and published by Wiley, is a comprehensive guide that explores the financial implications of living in a carbon-constrained world.

    Key Topics:

    Opening with a brief introduction to the Kyoto Protocol and the policies that shape a carbon-constrained society, Carbon Finance quickly moves on to:
  • Outline the carbon finance marketplace, and explain the speed with which it has developed and the complexity of its growth
  • Explore specific products – designed to cover environmental risks associated with climate change – for Alternative Risk Transfer
  • Take a closer look at the entire energy chain and its relationship to today's value chain
  • Examine the fiduciary duty of institutional investors as they assess the financial effects of climate change within the investment community
  • Detail key mechanisms created through the Kyoto Protocol and the experience of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

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    Sonia Labatt and Rodney White have provided a highly-readable overview of the key developments in the fast-evolving area of carbon finance. Carbon Finance is a valuable guide for anyone wishing to understand the implications of this innovative market-based approach to combating climate change.

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