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  • Investors discounting Copenhagen climate talks

    01 November 2009

    Investors are downplaying the importance of the forthcoming Copenhagen talks in terms of providing a boost for – or harming the performance of – low-carbon stocks.

  • Counting on Copenhagen?

    01 November 2009

    Everywhere you look, concerned environmentalists are warning that we have two months, 50 days, 45 days – and soon, less than a month – to save the planet.

  • Cleaning up in private equity

    01 November 2009

    Robeco's Andrew Musters will soon be drumming up business for Robeco's latest fund that aims to marry private equity and sustainable investing. He talks to Jess McCabe

  • Managing natural capital

    01 November 2009

    The planet's ecosystems and biodiversity are under threat as never before – posing risks to companies that rely upon them. But, say Annelisa Grigg and Susan Steinhagen, few are properly managing those risks

  • How emissions markets should work

    01 November 2009

    As Congress grapples with the most complex emissions trading legislation ever tabled, the Environmental Markets Association has set out core principles that could help guide their deliberations, says Thaddeus Huetteman

  • The changing drivers of solar markets

    01 November 2009

    Marc van Gerven and Philipp Kunze examine how models of solar sector support are changing – and must change – as the technology approaches grid parity

  • Clarity, predictability and ambition

    01 November 2009

    The message from the business community to the negotiators in Copenhagen is clear, says Björn Stigson

  • The elements of success

    01 November 2009

    Copenhagen is a decisive moment in humanity's battle against climate change. UN climate chief Yvo de Boer sets out the five elements for a deal

  • Deal or no deal?

    01 November 2009

    With UN talks in Copenhagen just weeks away, a post-2012 climate change agreement is still hanging in the balance. Katie Kouchakji reports

  • Some like it hot

    01 November 2009

    Governments are increasingly turning to AAUs – or 'hot air' credits – to meet their Kyoto targets. Christopher Cundy reports on efforts to ensure their environmental credibility, and on the crucial post-2012 question