Analysis

  • People Moves

    10 July 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Senvion, Hannon Armstrong and Abengoa

  • Time to believe in miracles?

    08 July 2015

    Numerous policy announcements and actions from companies are helping to put climate change firmly on the agenda, fuelling hopes of a meaningful climate agreement in Paris in December, says Peter Cripps

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 6 July 2015

    06 July 2015

    Wednesday's EU plenary vote on the Market Stability Reserve could give EUA prices a modest boost but the euro/dollar exchange rate will also be a significant factor, says Louis Redshaw

  • Infographic: The growth of carbon pricing

    03 July 2015

    Carbon pricing instruments around the world now have a combined value of almost $50 billion, according to new data from the World Bank.

  • Green bond comment: An encouraging quarter

    01 July 2015

    When Environmental Finance's small-but-dedicated team of green bond aficionados totted up all the green bond issues from the first quarter of 2015, the numbers were a little disappointing, says Peter Cripps.

  • Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting

    01 July 2015

    Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 29 June 2015

    29 June 2015

    After modest gains last week, EU allowance prices are most likely to move sideways in the next few days, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Quotes of the Quarter

    26 June 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the second quarter of 2015.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 23 June 2015

    23 June 2015

    Another week of sideways price moves in the EU carbon market is a strong possibility, unless there is a significant development in the Greek crisis, says Louis Redshaw

  • Redefining additionality with respect to green bonds

    22 June 2015

    Definitions of additionality pre-date the current green bond market and are generally understood to reference incentives or markets that are enabling something to happen that otherwise would not.