Analysis

• Time for a Green Development Mechanism?

  01 March 2010

  There is an urgent need to mobilise finance behind efforts to tackle biodiversity loss. Could a CDM-like offset mechanism be the answer, ask Julian Metcalfe and Francis Vorhies

• Competing for cover

  01 March 2010

  A tough and increasingly crowded market for environmental insurance providers has been good news for their customers. But with environmental regulation in the spotlight, are things set to change? Gloria Gonzalez reports

• Return of the IPO?

  01 March 2010

  Clean-tech companies have some of the brightest prospects coming out of the recession. But will they be tapping the public equity markets in 2010? Christopher Cundy reports

• Warming to the chill

  01 March 2010

  An unexpectedly cold winter in the northern hemisphere is refocusing attention on the weather risk markets. Christopher Cundy reports

• In defence of cap and trade

  01 March 2010

  As the climate change debate intensifies, proponents of cap and trade are on the defensive. But many of the arguments against emissions trading are – knowingly or otherwise – based on fallacies. Trevor Sikorski makes the case for the market

• How to make the finance flow

  01 March 2010

  Accessing the financing to realise the enormous potential of investments in energy efficiency remains a persistent problem. But the tools and knowledge exist, say Philippine de T'Serclaes and Nigel Jollands

• The SEC sharpens its focus

  01 March 2010

  Recent guidance from the SEC on climate change disclosure will have far-reaching implications for how companies collect, analyse and report climate-change information, say Don Frost, Jane Kroesche and William Thomas

• An easier path to green-tech patents

  01 March 2010

  Paul Craane explains how a US government programme can make it easier for clean technology entrepreneurs to secure vital patents

• Going public?

  01 March 2010

  Could this year bring some cheer to the pinched faces of those investment bankers specialising in clean technology?

• An uncertain course

  01 February 2010

  Last year could have been so much worse in the voluntary carbon market, with trading underpinned by the prospect of climate legislation in the US, and persistent buying by committed corporate offsetters. However, the market faces an uncertain 2010. Gloria Gonzalez reports