Analysis

• Back to the (uncertain) future

  12 December 2016

  Despite setbacks in some key markets, the winners of this year's Environmental Finance Market Rankings are generally bullish about the growth of existing trading systems and the creation of new ones

  

• Green bond comment: November

  07 December 2016

  November has been a blockbuster month for the green bond market, with multiple record breaking issues.

  

• Investing in a changing climate

  06 December 2016

  Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change

  

• The Natural Capital Protocol and finance

  02 December 2016

  A finance supplement to the Natural Capital Protocol is being drawn up, and is currently seeking feedback from the market. Mark Gough and Rory Sullivan explain

  

• New shoots, old roots; the return of the yieldco

  23 November 2016

  After a disastrous year in 2015, US yieldcos have seen their share prices rebound. Has the model turned a corner, asks Hamza Ali

  

• COP22 gathers momentum on halting global warming, despite Trump

  21 November 2016

  World leaders at the conclusion of this year's UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) have agreed to accelerate both the implementation and the ambition of the Paris Agreement, despite headwinds brought on by the election of Donald Trump, reports Hamza Ali

  

• Why is Marrakesh so important for corporates?

  21 November 2016

  ING
  The entry into force of last year's Paris Agreement was a great achievement but, it is just the start. A huge amount of investment is needed to meet climate targets by cutting emissions, and to help countries to adapt to the changing climate, and most of it is going to come from the private sector.

  

• COP Blog: Cutting through the noise to make COP22 a success

  18 November 2016

  Zurich Insurance
  After the historic progress of the signing of the Paris Agreement at COP21 last December, COP22 was never going to be an opportunity to view recent successes as a 'job done'.

  

• COP Blog: Investing in a lower carbon economy - a year after Paris

  17 November 2016

  Northern Trust
  World leaders and scientists are in Morocco at COP22 this week to follow up on the historic climate change agreement a year ago in Paris to reduce carbon emissions. Do environmental, social and governance (ESG) investors know enough now to position portfolios for a lower carbon global economy?

  

• COP Blog: Getting private investors on board for climate finance

  17 November 2016

  European Investment Bank
  Here at COP22 in Marrakesh in the blue and green zones where ministers, financiers, climate experts NGOs and multinationals mingle, the talk is all about how to implement the Paris Agreement - and raise the required financing for low-carbon and adaptation projects.