Archive

  • Why heavy industry cannot take emissions trading lightly

    22 December 2014

    With carbon prices in recovery, emissions-intensive industrials need to start taking notice again, argues Philipp Ruf

  • A survivors' market

    11 December 2014

    After some tough years in the traded environmental markets, the survivors have weathered the storm and see better times ahead

  • The only way is up

    11 December 2014

    This year's winners in the carbon markets section of our annual rankings believe the tide has finally turned after the economic downturn in 2008 sent prices and volumes tumbling. Graham Cooper and Sophie Robinson-Tillett report

  • The carbon market is dead, long live the carbon market

    20 November 2014

    The boom has been followed by near-bust for the EU's carbon market, and the ensuing malaise has caused many to quit. But we have reached an inflection point, and carbon emissions trading now has a bright future, argues Louis Redshaw

  • The thinking behind Amundi's low-carbon push

    14 October 2014

    Amundi's Frédéric Samama talks to Sophie Robinson-Tillett about the firm's decarbonisation pledge, its planned low-carbon fund and how investors should be responding to climate change

  • What the UN Climate Summit needs to deliver

    22 September 2014

    Ahead of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's climate summit in New York this month, a selection of thought leaders give their views on what they hope will be agreed at the gathering.

  • Decarbonisation can drive Europe's economic recovery

    19 August 2014

    An analysis by EY has found that decarbonisation is a "winning strategy" for energy security and economic recovery in Europe. Report author Alexis Gazzo summarises why it makes more sense than 'business-as-usual'

  • Down, but not out

    02 July 2014

    Voluntary offsetting of carbon emissions is less popular than it was, according to a recent study. But most winners in Environmental Finance's latest market rankings see reasons for optimism. Graham Cooper reports

  • What price a 'rescue CER'?

    13 May 2014

    Norway, Sweden and the UK have announced initiatives to buy carbon credits to support vulnerable emission reduction projects. But how much should they pay in order to be effective, asks Mahua Acharya

  • Deals of the Year Awards

    01 April 2014

    Revealed: the winners of Environmental Finance's 7th annual Deals of the Year Awards