Analysis

• Why cap and trade is not the answer

  01 March 2009

  It may have worked for SO2, but cap and trade is the wrong answer to the climate change question, say Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel

• Crossing the river

  01 March 2009

  Meg Brown outlines the thinking behind Citi's recent move from a standalone SRI research effort to a more integrated approach

• An environmental sub-prime crisis?

  01 March 2009

  The banking sector is beginning to come to terms with its sub-prime exposures, but do environmental risks pose as great a threat? Greg Larkin warns of an impending flood of defaults – and risks going unmanaged

• Navigating the credit crunch

  01 March 2009

  Funding for renewable energy businesses is still available – with the right approach. James Knight explains how best to appeal to investors

• Profiting from pond-life

  01 March 2009

  Many investors believe that algae could supply valuable energy, but profits may take years to arrive, says Vic Wyman

• Whither voluntarism?

  01 March 2009

  Voluntary commitments by industry to address climate change have done little so far to cut emissions – but they may have a role to play in the future, says Rory Sullivan

• Under greater scrutiny

  01 March 2009

  As climate change regulation rises up the US political agenda, public companies will face new disclosure obligations. Amy Freed and Jennie Ingram consider the issues

• Public and private

  01 March 2009

  Whether as a policy-maker or an investment manager, Kathleen McGinty has spent her career trying to find the economic opportunity in environmental challenges, she tells Christopher Cundy

• From the national to the global

  01 February 2009

  I must admit to some scepticism over recent months as to the likelihood of a 'Green New Deal' emerging as a response to the economic turmoil in which the world finds itself. Governments were more likely, it seemed, to rush to save jobs in struggling sectors of the old economy than attempt to create jobs in the fledgling sectors of the new.

• People moves this month

  01 February 2009

  Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month