Archive

  • Time for a low-carbon portfolio standard?

    01 February 2010

    This may not be the year for comprehensive cap-and-trade legislation, but that gives US policy-makers pause to consider how to combine carbon capture with renewables targets, says Cameron Prell

  • The hidden opportunity

    01 February 2010

    Most investors in the information and communications technology sector are overlooking a profound, long-term investment thesis that will drive valuations for years to come, say Jeff Erikson and Michael Sadowski

  • Capital appreciation

    01 February 2010

    Recession and a drift in climate policy have challenged pioneering low-carbon asset management firm Climate Change Capital. But recently appointed chief Shaun Mays remains bullish, Christopher Cundy reports

  • All change in Brussels

    01 February 2010

    Last month, the European Parliament grilled José Manuel Barroso's picks for the new Commission. Philippa Jones reports from Brussels

  • Living up to their promises

    01 February 2010

    Investors in renewable energy projects, carbon markets and low-carbon entrepreneurs find themselves exposed to hard-to-manage policy risks. But index-linked carbon bonds could tie government promises to coupon payments, helping investors hedge, say Jan-Peter Onstwedder and Michael Mainelli

  • Copenhagen's mixed bag

    01 February 2010

    Carbon traders and investors need to look to the positive elements of the Copenhagen talks – but the private sector must have a greater role in the climate talks, and greater clarity on their likely outcomes, argues Paul Kelly

  • Breakthrough or breakdown?

    01 February 2010

    While it would be a mistake to write Copenhagen off as a complete disaster, it has left international climate policy in disarray – and business, investors and carbon traders asking, so what now? Mark Nicholls reports

  • Little cheer for carbon traders

    01 February 2010

    Optimists can look to the Copenhagen Accord as potentially providing the foundations for a future global climate agreement. But, for carbon traders and financiers, with more immediate concerns, it is hard to see any upside in Copenhagen's outcome.

  • Investors look to the nation state

    01 February 2010

    Before the first negotiators had landed in Copenhagen, investors were already downplaying the likely significance of the talks.

  • The end of the market (as we know it)?

    01 February 2010

    The shape of the voluntary carbon market in the US is changing – and will change still further depending on how federal cap and trade plays out, says Lenny Hochschild