May issue of Environmental Finance out now
London, 1 May: The latest issue of Environmental Finance is now available, including a special report on the carbon markets.

The 56-page special report, produced in conjunction with Carbon Finance, examines how the carbon markets are evolving, with a particular focus on the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism.

It also includes articles looking at how carbon finance is beginning to be applied to preventing deforestation, and how a post-2012 climate change agreement could better embrace the forestry and land-use sector.

The report examines how the US, Japan and Australia are embracing – or considering – emissions trading schemes to tackle carbon emissions, and looks at opportunities in the fast-growing carbon jobs market.

Elsewhere in the issue, two leading socially responsible investment (SRI) specialists examine the real story behind the growth in SRI assets under management, and we profile Michael Eckhart, the head of the American Council on Renewable Energy.

Other features include:

• How to finance a boom in biodiversity businesses
• An examination of the trends in corporate social responsibility reporting
• The evolution of wind farm finance
• Why environmental liabilities could soon loom larger in M&A deals

Plus: news, market data and people moves. To see a summary of this month's news and features, and to read sample features from Environmental Finance, click here.

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