Analysis

• Capital appreciation

  01 February 2010

  Recession and a drift in climate policy have challenged pioneering low-carbon asset management firm Climate Change Capital. But recently appointed chief Shaun Mays remains bullish, Christopher Cundy reports

• All change in Brussels

  01 February 2010

  Last month, the European Parliament grilled José Manuel Barroso's picks for the new Commission. Philippa Jones reports from Brussels

• Living up to their promises

  01 February 2010

  Investors in renewable energy projects, carbon markets and low-carbon entrepreneurs find themselves exposed to hard-to-manage policy risks. But index-linked carbon bonds could tie government promises to coupon payments, helping investors hedge, say Jan-Peter Onstwedder and Michael Mainelli

• Copenhagen's mixed bag

  01 February 2010

  Carbon traders and investors need to look to the positive elements of the Copenhagen talks – but the private sector must have a greater role in the climate talks, and greater clarity on their likely outcomes, argues Paul Kelly

• Breakthrough or breakdown?

  01 February 2010

  While it would be a mistake to write Copenhagen off as a complete disaster, it has left international climate policy in disarray – and business, investors and carbon traders asking, so what now? Mark Nicholls reports

• Little cheer for carbon traders

  01 February 2010

  Optimists can look to the Copenhagen Accord as potentially providing the foundations for a future global climate agreement. But, for carbon traders and financiers, with more immediate concerns, it is hard to see any upside in Copenhagen's outcome.

• Investors look to the nation state

  01 February 2010

  Before the first negotiators had landed in Copenhagen, investors were already downplaying the likely significance of the talks.

• The end of the market (as we know it)?

  01 February 2010

  The shape of the voluntary carbon market in the US is changing – and will change still further depending on how federal cap and trade plays out, says Lenny Hochschild

• The new tobacco?

  05 December 2009

  Efforts to sue large corporations for causing climate change had been widely discounted as having little traction – until a couple of recent surprise court decisions. Michael Gerrard argues that the stakes are rising for big emitters

• Crystal ball gazing

  05 December 2009

  It's traditional at this time of year to look back over the 12 months gone by, and forward to the year to come.