Analysis

• Guiding light

  01 May 2009

  The World Bank has long played a pioneering role in carbon finance – and, with new markets and new mechanisms planned for a post-2012 climate agreement, there is plenty of innovation yet to come. Christopher Cundy reports

• An eye on certainty

  01 May 2009

  Profound questions remain unanswered on the when and how of US federal greenhouse gas regulation. But enough clues are emerging to allow for pre-compliance hedging and arbitrage, as Jay McCall explains

• Playing REDD without losing your shirt

  01 May 2009

  Reducing emissions from deforestation will be a crucial part of a post-2012 climate change agreement – and carbon finance is likely to play its part. Martin Berg and Andrew Hedges consider how early movers might position themselves

• Helping the panda escape the bear

  01 May 2009

  Recent falls in the price of CERs has hit project ­development in China – the engine of the CDM. Hajime Watanabe suggests how China's authorities might respond

• Nothing ventured ...

  01 May 2009

  Rob Wylie was advising clean-technology companies long before the phrase was born – and successfully launched the UK's first venture fund in the sector. As his second fund closes in on its £150 million target, he talks to Mark Nicholls

• Grim reading

  01 April 2009

  For anyone still labouring under the illusion that the clean technology sector might escape the worst of the global downturn, the release of investment numbers for the first quarter of 2009 will have come as quite a wake-up call.

• People moves this month

  01 April 2009

  Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month

• Time to turn the tide

  01 April 2009

  Business increasingly recognises the importance of water – and the risks posed by poor water management. But better information about the issue is urgently needed, says Sharon Nunes

• A bond boost for green tech markets?

  01 April 2009

  A new concept in public finance – voluntary environmental improvement bonds – could unlock massive untapped retail demand for a whole range of environmental technologies, says Michael Curley

• Coming back to earth

  01 April 2009

  Intense competition to invest and financial market innovation meant a few years of feast for renewable energy developers. But, even when the current financing famine eases, they may have to get used to leaner times, say Ben Warren and Rajaram Jamadagni