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Competing for cover
01 March 2010A tough and increasingly crowded market for environmental insurance providers has been good news for their customers. But with environmental regulation in the spotlight, are things set to change? Gloria Gonzalez reports
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Return of the IPO?
01 March 2010Clean-tech companies have some of the brightest prospects coming out of the recession. But will they be tapping the public equity markets in 2010? Christopher Cundy reports
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Warming to the chill
01 March 2010An unexpectedly cold winter in the northern hemisphere is refocusing attention on the weather risk markets. Christopher Cundy reports
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In defence of cap and trade
01 March 2010As the climate change debate intensifies, proponents of cap and trade are on the defensive. But many of the arguments against emissions trading are – knowingly or otherwise – based on fallacies. Trevor Sikorski makes the case for the market
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How to make the finance flow
01 March 2010Accessing the financing to realise the enormous potential of investments in energy efficiency remains a persistent problem. But the tools and knowledge exist, say Philippine de T'Serclaes and Nigel Jollands
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The SEC sharpens its focus
01 March 2010Recent guidance from the SEC on climate change disclosure will have far-reaching implications for how companies collect, analyse and report climate-change information, say Don Frost, Jane Kroesche and William Thomas
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An easier path to green-tech patents
01 March 2010Paul Craane explains how a US government programme can make it easier for clean technology entrepreneurs to secure vital patents
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Going public?
01 March 2010Could this year bring some cheer to the pinched faces of those investment bankers specialising in clean technology?
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An uncertain course
01 February 2010Last year could have been so much worse in the voluntary carbon market, with trading underpinned by the prospect of climate legislation in the US, and persistent buying by committed corporate offsetters. However, the market faces an uncertain 2010. Gloria Gonzalez reports
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Time for a low-carbon portfolio standard?
01 February 2010This may not be the year for comprehensive cap-and-trade legislation, but that gives US policy-makers pause to consider how to combine carbon capture with renewables targets, says Cameron Prell
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- ISSB to work on biodiversity disclosures
- Nature Action 100 publishes company benchmark design
- Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM
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- TotalEnergies pauses SLB plans amid weak market development
- Natural capital will become a fundamental component of investors' portfolios
- Governments urged to make nature transition plans mandatory
- BoE suggests ways financial institutions can build on climate scenarios