Archive

  • Following through on climate promises

    01 April 2007

    The TXU deal represents a sea-change in how Wall Street views carbon risk. But transparency, accountability and – ­ultimately – delivery are now crucial, say Jon Sohn and Smita Nakhooda

  • Restraint creeps in

    01 April 2007

    Venture capitalists remain bullish about the cleantech sector, but notes of caution are increasingly heard. Trevor Curwin reports from San Francisco

  • Turbine shortage looms large

    01 April 2007

    The rapid growth of the wind energy sector is putting pressure on turbine supply. Candida Jones reports on how developers are tackling the ­problem

  • The lull before the storm?

    01 March 2007

    As far as natural catastrophes are concerned, the insurance industry – and the planet – got off lightly in 2006.?But the world's largest insurers warn that worse is to come. Jess McCabe reports

  • Carbon credits prove elusive for biofuels

    01 March 2007

    There is still no system to allow developers of biofuel projects to trade in carbon emission reductions, says Caitlin Randall

  • Bubble or no bubble?

    01 March 2007

    Comparing the Nasdaq with an index of clean energy stocks might reassure investors fearing a renewable energy bubble. But irrational exuberance might still undo the unwary, says Michael Liebreich

  • The public face of private equity

    01 March 2007

    For a section of the financial world that prefers – by definition – to operate as far away from the public gaze as possible, the private equity business has recently been attracting some unwelcome attention.

  • All-out auctions?

    01 March 2007

    New York's bold proposal to auction all allowances under its proposed carbon trading programme raises crucial questions, says Roman Kramarchuk

  • Liability and litigation

    01 March 2007

    The stage is set for a soaring environmental insurance market in Europe, but uncertainties remain on the implications of key EU legislation, reports Christopher Cundy

  • Putting a premium on emissions

    01 March 2007

    The carbon markets are immature, risky and uncertain – and there is a desperate need for insurance solutions. Julian Richardson looks at how insurers are beginning to step up to the challenge