The oil majors are betting big on gas, while throwing some loose change at alternative energy technologies. But they are also banking on energy efficiency extending the life of the internal combustion engine. Jeremy Lovell reports

John Drexhage argues that the mining and metals sector has plenty to contribute to the transition to a low-carbon economy

China’s new Five-Year Plan is its first to include a target for the carbon intensity of the economy – but its energy and climate goals are more modest than many had hoped, with consolidation rather than revolution the order of the day. Joshua Speckman reports

Even before the credit crunch, the amount of financing directed towards addressing climate change was woefully inadequate. Armin Sandhoevel and Katharina Latif consider what needs to happen for investments to step up a gear