Junji Hatano reviews practical challenges for international carbon markets under the Paris Agreement and explores how they could be overcome in a way that will ensure private sector participation.
Carbon,Policy
The final report by the High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance is ambitious but also practical, argues Ingrid Holmes
Policy
A major expansion of green infrastructure is urgently needed and it makes economic as well as environmental sense, says Zoë Knight.
Investors,Policy,Renewables
The TCFD suggests companies should use scenario analysis to help them report climate risks. But what should they look like, asks Peter Cripps
Stranded Assets
Issuing its first sovereign green bond was a significant achievement for Africa’s biggest economy, but it missed an opportunity to make a much bigger capital markets splash, argues Keith Mullin
Green Bonds
Further work is required to advance the tricky task of incorporating climate change into natural catastrophe modelling, finds Nick Roumpis
Insurance
The next growth spurt for the green bond market could come from sovereigns, reports Michael Hurley
Green Bonds
Could clean energy investment trusts help shield renewables against the normalisation of monetary policy, asks Matthew Huxham
Equity,Renewables
If 2017 was the year of carbon market maintenance, with legislation extending the life of schemes in the US and Europe, 2018 could be defined by greater linking between initiatives, says Michael Hurley
Carbon,Markets
The weather risk management business is in good health and poised for further growth, leading market participants tell Graham Cooper
Markets,Renewables,Insurance
A spate of natural catastophes triggered payouts in the cat bond market, but this year's winners remain bullish, finds Peter Cripps
Markets,Insurance
Markets for renewable energy certificates (RECs) are growing around the world, but regulatory developments are keeping the biggest market players on their toes, says Nick Roumpis
Markets,Renewables
A year of regulatory changes has boosted confidence that environmental markets have a bright future, say the winners in this year's Environmental Finance annual Market Rankings
Carbon,Markets
UN’s SDGs are moving impact investing to the next level - taking the concept into the mainstream is way forward, argues Masja Zandbergen
ESG
Investors should endorse the European Commission’s mission to clarify how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors form a central part of their fiduciary duty, Nathan Fabian says
ESG,Investors,Markets,Policy
Divestment, disclosure and engagement are among the big trends that will see environmental themes continue to muscle their way up the investment agenda, says Peter Cripps
Last week, the Dutch offshore wind tender for the Hollandse Kust (Zuid) Wind Farm Zone (HKZ) opened. Against a backdrop of lively debate about whether it would happen, the first subsidy-free bid was received within hours of opening. Wouter Hertzberger takes a look at the build-up and how we got to this point.
Renewables
The green bond market, which in recent years has emerged as a test bed for sustainable finance, has begun to adapt in response to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Green Bonds
There are five key ways in which banks can seize the opportunities presented by the water sector, argues Ambika Jindal.
Water
Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps
Investors
Green Bond Symposium: Financing America's Fight Against Climate Change
Green Bonds Americas 2017
Green Equities 2017
Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
Is managed decline the only way?