Archive

  • Time to be counted

    23 July 2010

    What is the economic value of an endangered species? How much is as yet undeciphered genetic information worth? Can a price be put on a habitat's delicate ecological balance?

  • Raising the stakes

    23 July 2010

    As head of Barclays Capital's environmental markets desk, Louis Redshaw has taken a deliberate, even cautious approach to building the business. But, as he tells Mark Nicholls, the current environment offers a chance to up the ante

  • Joining up the dots

    23 July 2010

    Managing information flows between participants in Clean Development Mechanism projects around the world has generated headaches for all concerned – but Carbonflow thinks it has the answer. Mark Nicholls reports

  • US faces water supply crisis: study

    22 July 2010

    A new study says climate change will take a "serious toll" on American water supplies in the coming decades, with the group behind the report calling on Congress to pass "meaningful legislation" to reduce global warming pollution.

  • 2010 a record year for offshore wind: EWEA

    22 July 2010

    This year is set to be a record one for the offshore wind sector, says the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), but a lack of financing is holding back the industry's growth.

  • Environmental risk policy in the works at Royal Bank of Canada

    22 July 2010

    Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is working on an environmental and social risk policy to cover its corporate banking operations, and hopes to be ready for implementation by November this year.

  • US renewables financing set to collapse without grant extension

    22 July 2010

    Renewable energy financing will decline precipitously next year if the US Congress fails to extend the cash grant programme, financing experts have warned.

  • Climate Institute plans 'asset owners disclosure project'

    22 July 2010

    Following in the footsteps of the Carbon Disclosure Project, the climate change disclosure spotlight is set to be shone on the world's 1,000 largest asset owners.

  • US legislators move to rescue PACE programmes

    22 July 2010

    US legislators have introduced a bill to rescue innovative bond programmes to fund energy efficiency and renewables.

  • A private sector role in REDD+?

    22 July 2010

    Government funding is beginning to flow to help forest nations reduce emissions from deforestation – and prepare for a REDD+ carbon market. But is there any room for the private sector? Steven Bland reports