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  • Japanese corporates form climate leadership group

    01 September 2009

    Five Japanese companies have formed what they say is the country's first business coalition around climate change.

  • Carbon markets need bankers

    01 September 2009

    Post-credit crunch worries about the failure of markets and excessive speculation should not be allowed to obscure the benefits that the financial sector can bring to the carbon market, argues Henry Derwent

  • Beyond smokestacks

    01 September 2009

    Will the UK's latest cap-and-trade experiment – the Carbon Reduction Commitment – persuade supermarkets and councils to see the light on energy efficiency? Jess McCabe reports

  • Cap, but little trade?

    01 September 2009

    The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is labelled as a cap-and-trade initiative. But how much trading will actually take place?

  • 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.