Analysis

• EDITORIAL: After the election

  05 November 2012

  It's one of those ironies of history that, if Republican John McCain had won the presidency in 2008, it's likely that by now the US would have imposed an economy-wide cost of carbon, through a federal cap-and-trade programme.

• Can next-generation biofuels deliver?

  01 November 2012

  EU politicians hope capping biofuels made from food crops will trigger a boom in advanced fuels. But is the technology ready to lead the next wave of growth, or will the EU's biofuels targets be missed? Peter Cripps investigates

• Structuring at scale

  01 November 2012

  Jonathan Plowe helped put together the $1 billion SolarStrong deal – and is warning that the renewables sector needs new sources of capital. He talks to Gloria Gonzalez

• Could debt swaps fund green growth?

  25 October 2012

  Debt swaps to promote green growth could help stimulate climate finance, while easing the debt burden on developing countries vulnerable to climate change, say Tanja Havemann and Fiona McKenzie

• Taking notes: impact investing for the environment

  25 October 2012

  The Nature Conservancy is breaking new ground with its Conservation Note – offering fixed income investors a way to support conservation while making a return. Charlotte Kaiser explains

• Shining a spotlight on sovereign environmental risk

  23 October 2012

  The bond markets are not taking proper account of natural resource and environmental risks in the pricing of sovereign debt – despite significant potential exposures. Margot Hill, Ivo Mulder and Martin Halle explain a new framework to help them do so

• Breaking the ice on Arctic lending policies

  12 October 2012

  The natural resources sector is eager to exploit a thawing Arctic – but are the environmental risks too great for the banks to offer finance? Christopher Cundy reports

• Putting the onus on the producers

  12 October 2012

  Recycling rates in the US have stalled – and municipalities don't have the financial resources to kickstart them. It's time to hold producers to account, says Conrad MacKerron

• Refining the regulations

  10 October 2012

  From next year, UK listed companies will have to report on their greenhouse gas emissions – and the government is consulting on the rules. But, as Lois Guthrie warns, the rules as proposed pose some challenges for UK Plc

• The fossil-fuelled feed-in tariff

  05 October 2012

  Indonesia is mulling a novel approach to supporting renewable energy development that could replace donor and government funds with private investment. Wilson Rickerson and Georges Beukering explain