Analysis

• Some like it hot

  01 November 2009

  Governments are increasingly turning to AAUs – or 'hot air' credits – to meet their Kyoto targets. Christopher Cundy reports on efforts to ensure their environmental credibility, and on the crucial post-2012 question

• Waiting for the Senate

  01 November 2009

  It's been a rollercoaster ride for US federal climate change legislation – and it's not over yet. Advocates sense building momentum – but there are plenty of switchbacks ahead. Gloria Gonzalez reports

• A limited role for carbon markets?

  01 November 2009

  Carbon markets are set to play a growing role in efforts to reduce industrialised world emissions. But their role in developing countries is likely to be smaller than many expect, says Marcel Brinkman

• Charting a path to sectoral mechanisms

  01 November 2009

  The CDM will only get us so far; entire developing world industry sectors need to be brought into the carbon market. Richard Baron and André Aasrud consider the why and how of sectoral crediting and trading

• A recipe for success?

  01 November 2009

  As Copenhagen draws nearer, voices saying it will fail are growing louder. Environmental Finance asks eight leading experts how they would define success in Denmark, and how to achieve it

• A lack of pressure?

  01 November 2009

  Carbon capture and storage remains one of the most contentious elements of international climate change policy. Paul Zakkour and Malcolm Wilson argue that cooperation is urgently required to get the technology moving

• Ten years on

  01 October 2009

  It's Environmental Finance's 10th anniversary. Editor Mark Nicholls looks back at a decade of progress – and a few pitfalls on the way

• Moving into the mainstream

  01 October 2009

  Ten years ago, most investors dismissed environmental issues out of hand. Now, the evangelists and the specialists have been joined by the investment mainstream. Mark Nicholls reports

• Putting a price on the climate

  01 October 2009

  Ten years ago, the notion of a carbon market was still just that – a nice idea that was a long way from reality. Last year, it was worth in excess of $120 billion. Katie Kouchakji charts the path from good intentions to a multi-billion-dollar business

• Making the capital markets sustainable

  01 October 2009

  There was a hope that the socially responsible investment (SRI) players of 1999 would lead the charge into the development of new sustainability strategies that would win the big mandates from the pension funds.