Analysis

• A whiter shade of green

  01 September 2009

  A variety of incentives have been introduced to stimulate improvements in energy efficiency, including tradable white certificates. Philippa Jones reports on recent developments in this unsung market

• Catastrophic gains

  01 September 2009

  It's an ill wind that blows no good. The credit crunch sparked interest in non-correlated assets – driving investors towards Nephila Capital, a specialist in catastrophe and weather risk markets. Christopher Cundy reports

• Putting the structures in place

  01 September 2009

  A growing carbon market will see an increasing number of carbon funds bringing together capital and carbon assets. Michael Tannenbaum and Scott Furman consider how they are being structured

• Shining a light

  01 September 2009

  It's been an uphill struggle, but the US Securities and Exchange Commission is finally giving serious consideration to ESG disclosure, says Lisa Woll

• Tracking the indexes

  01 September 2009

  Developing countries will bear the brunt of climate change – and have an urgent need for risk management tools. Gonzalo Pizarro, Upmanu Lall and Mirey Atallah examine how index-linked insurance could help

• What is index insurance?

  01 September 2009

  Index insurance is insurance linked to an index, such as rainfall, temperature, humidity or sea surface temperature, rather than actual loss. This approach solves some of the problems that limit the application of traditional insurance in rural parts of developing countries.

• How to avoid 'rip-offsets'

  01 September 2009

  With carbon offsets likely to be central to any US carbon cap-and-trade system, Kenneth Ivanic suggests what buyers should be looking for

• A man with a mission

  01 September 2009

  Hajime Watanabe may work for a Japanese investment bank, but his approach to environmental finance looks beyond the bottom line. He talks to Mark Nicholls

• Does the G8 matter?

  01 July 2009

  For many, the recent G8 and Major Economies Forum (MEF) were a big disappointment. Environmentalists had hoped the industrialised world would agree to emissions reduction targets for 2020. They were also expecting signals from some of the larger developing countries, members of the MEF, that they would accept limits to their emissions, maybe committing to 2050 targets.

• People moves this month

  01 July 2009

  Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month