Analysis

• Making clean-tech pay

  10 July 2013

  Times are tough for clean-tech investors, but Chrysalix can claim to be outshining many of its rivals. The venture capital firm's head Wal van Lierop talks to Felicity Carus

• Will new regulations restrict low-carbon finance?

  04 July 2013

  New financial regulations are adding to the problems caused by adverse economic conditions and policy uncertainty, and are likely to hinder the flow of finance to low-carbon assets in the EU, say Thomas Spencer and Jamie Stevenson.

• Does backloading still matter?

  02 July 2013

  Tomorrow's backloading vote will perhaps be the last chance to get the European Commission's plan for a quick fix to the EU Emissions Trading System passed in Parliament.

• Voluntary markets stand firm

  01 July 2013

  The growth of the California carbon market and continued demand from corporates helped the voluntary market stand firm in 2012. But in the future it will be projects that demonstrate other social benefits that prove most popular. Molly Peters-Stanley and Gloria Gonzalez explain.

• People moves, June

  28 June 2013

  The latest environmental markets appointments at the Green Climate Fund, International Finance Corporation, Sarasin Bank, Roth Capital Partners, UNEP Finance Initiative, and more.

• Have solar stocks finally turned a corner?

  25 June 2013

  Many solar stocks have enjoyed a stellar start to 2013, with some having tripled in value. Could a brighter future for the long-suffering sector finally be in sight, asks Peter Cripps

• Reasons for hope?

  24 June 2013

  On the face of it, there's plenty to be pessimistic about in the environmental markets at the moment.

• Can green bonds go mainstream?

  20 June 2013

  The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell

• Non-toxic investments

  19 June 2013

  Investors need to raise more questions about the financial risks arising from hazardous chemicals produced and used by a range of companies, says Sonja Haider

• China kicks off carbon trading pilot

  18 June 2013

  China's first carbon trading programme has been welcomed by industry experts as a key step on the road to a national carbon market. Graham Cooper reports