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Cutting the wrong costs
01 December 2008So much for all the whistling in the dark. Those optimists who had been persuading themselves that, this time, it was going to be different – that, this time, the environment wouldn't be one of the first victims of recession – are gradually being disabused.
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People moves this month
01 December 2008Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month
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Obituary
01 December 2008Joan Bavaria, a pioneer of social investing, passed away on 18 November after a long battle with cancer.
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Putting principles first
01 December 2008Market turmoil comes and goes – but tackling climate change will be an integral part of doing business for decades to come. Yulanda Chung explains why Standard Chartered put its name to the Climate Principles
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After the inauguration
01 December 2008The speculation is intense, the facts limited. But, as key appointments emerge, Gloria Gonzalez reports on the politics and personalities that may shape the Obama administration's environmental record
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A chill wind blowing
01 December 2008The renewable energy sector was late to feel the cold hand of the credit crisis – but financiers and REC traders are braced for a chillier 2009. Jess McCabe talks to the renewable energy winners of Environmental Finance's Market Survey
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Waiting on the judges
01 December 2008The striking down of the Clean Air Interstate Rule has thrown the US emissions markets into confusion. Gloria Gonzalez finds the winners of Environmental Finance's market survey anxiously awaiting resolution
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Shelter from the storm
01 December 2008The financial crisis has seen some speculative money leaving the weather market. But plenty of end-user deals are still being done, reports Christopher Cundy
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Shifting gears
01 December 2008Even before the credit crunch, the amount of financing directed towards addressing climate change was woefully inadequate. Armin Sandhoevel and Katharina Latif consider what needs to happen for investments to step up a gear
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Keeping the love affair sweet
01 December 2008Economists and environmentalists have become increasingly frequent bed-fellows, as the world turns to markets to address environmental challenges. But, as David Runnalls argues, both parties need to work at the relationship