Mark Nicholls on what the 'breakthrough' at the UN climate talks really means
Frank Jotzo analyses Australia’s package of climate legislation – which puts this erstwhile carbon laggard at the forefront of efforts to tackle global warming
It is Australia’s move to price carbon, ultimately through a cap-and-trade scheme, that has generated most attention – and controversy. But carbon pricing is just one element of an ambitious reorientation of the tax and benefits system to penalise pollution and reward work, says Australia’s climate change minister, Greg Combet
The latest collapse in the carbon price is once more raising profound questions about the future of the EU’s trailblazing emissions trading programme. Mark Nicholls reports
It’s been a dire year for EU emissions trading and the Clean Development Mechanism – but things look brighter in California and Australia. Christopher Cundy reports
While the US has largely avoided the financing freeze afflicting the European renewables market in recent months, financiers are nervous about what 2012 might hold. Mark Nicholls reports
The weather market hasn’t escaped the effects of the drop in risk appetite in commodity markets more broadly – but end-user business remains solid and new opportunities, such as in renewable energy, are keeping participants busy. Mark Nicholls reports
Not for the first time, traders and emitters in the US environmental markets are anxiously awaiting possible judicial intervention – this time, in the EPA’s newly minted CSAPR markets. Gloria Gonzalez reports
Citi’s new head of environmental finance sees a global market unfolding – and has an eye on the debt capital markets and retail investors to provide the money. He talks to Mark Nicholls
Investors are piling into a US natural gas boom built on ‘fracking’. But with an uncertain regulatory climate, they would be well advised to keep an eye on potential environmental liabilities, says Tom Mounteer
The roll-out of Europe’s smart grid and smart metering will create enormous demand for capital – and a substantial investment opportunity, says Hans Meissner
California’s ambitious renewables and carbon targets are set to revolutionise its electricity system, with Cal ISO at its centre. Its CEO Stephen Berberich talks to Felicity Carus
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