Analysis

  • Why London is a logical home for high-integrity carbon markets

    26 November 2024

    By leveraging its robust financial market infrastructure and capacity to foster international partnerships, the UK can play a key role in transforming carbon markets to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, writes Catherine McGuinness

  • Strengthening Canada's markets: Why CSA must act on climate disclosure now

    25 November 2024

    Investments in Canadian businesses is at risk because of delays by the Canadian Securities Administrators in requiring the disclosure of essential climate-related data, write Sonia Li Trottier and Catherine McCall

  • EIOPA's wake-up call for insurers on fossil fuels

    22 November 2024

    A historic decision from EU financial supervisor on higher financial risk of fossil fuel sector must be integrated in EU prudential rules write Chiara Pass and Marika Carlucci

  • Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'

    22 November 2024

    The nature financing gap remains concerningly wide, but the increasingly active debt-for-nature market offers hope that the tide is turning. Ahren Lester reports

  • Scaling Biodiversity Credits

    21 November 2024

    The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity credits launched at COP16 a framework consisting of 21 High-Level Principles to ensure the high-integrity of the biodiversity credit market. Ingrid Kukuljan explains what they hope to achieve

  • Fight or flight: Contract and financing considerations for UK SAF projects

    20 November 2024

    The UK government is moving towards being a leader in sustainable aviation fuel, write Andrew Nealon, Afzaal Abidi, Joshua Hayes, Alex Lee and Anuja Venkataramani.

  • Converting Bridgerton to Bog Hall

    19 November 2024

    A pioneering 400-acre rewilding project in a stately home in England will generate a new form of biodiversity credits for sale in the voluntary market. Genevieve Redgrave visits the site

  • Artesian: Two-way coupons could 'reignite' SLB market

    18 November 2024

    Opening the door to SLB issuers being rewarded for outperforming ambitious targets could boost issuance, Artesian's David Gallagher tells Ahren Lester.

  • COP29: a step Baku-wards?

    15 November 2024

    At the conference's half-way mark, underwhelming progress lays bare the challenges of the transition, writes Peter Cripps

  • Solving the energy transition paradox in emerging markets

    15 November 2024

    Investors should allocate capital based on direction of travel, rather than static ESG scores - otherwise some emerging countries will be left behind on the journey to net-zero, writes Gustavo Medeiros