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Carbon's new frontier
01 May 2009Recent months have seen a dramatic increase in government-to-government trading of Assigned Amount Units – raising fears for their impact on the wider carbon market. Katie Kouchakji reports
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From a marathon to a sprint
01 May 2009Negotiators face a gruelling seven months as they approach what they hope will be a finish line in Copenhagen in December. Tilman Santarius considers the obstacles they must overcome
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Guiding light
01 May 2009The World Bank has long played a pioneering role in carbon finance – and, with new markets and new mechanisms planned for a post-2012 climate agreement, there is plenty of innovation yet to come. Christopher Cundy reports
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An eye on certainty
01 May 2009Profound questions remain unanswered on the when and how of US federal greenhouse gas regulation. But enough clues are emerging to allow for pre-compliance hedging and arbitrage, as Jay McCall explains
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Playing REDD without losing your shirt
01 May 2009Reducing emissions from deforestation will be a crucial part of a post-2012 climate change agreement – and carbon finance is likely to play its part. Martin Berg and Andrew Hedges consider how early movers might position themselves
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Helping the panda escape the bear
01 May 2009Recent falls in the price of CERs has hit project development in China – the engine of the CDM. Hajime Watanabe suggests how China's authorities might respond
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Nothing ventured ...
01 May 2009Rob Wylie was advising clean-technology companies long before the phrase was born – and successfully launched the UK's first venture fund in the sector. As his second fund closes in on its £150 million target, he talks to Mark Nicholls
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Grim reading
01 April 2009For anyone still labouring under the illusion that the clean technology sector might escape the worst of the global downturn, the release of investment numbers for the first quarter of 2009 will have come as quite a wake-up call.
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People moves this month
01 April 2009Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month
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Time to turn the tide
01 April 2009Business increasingly recognises the importance of water – and the risks posed by poor water management. But better information about the issue is urgently needed, says Sharon Nunes