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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
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Designing it right
01 December 2008Joe Nation, co-author of California's landmark global warming legislation, and Roger Noll give their advice to the state's regulators as they grapple with crucial elements of the emissions trading scheme's design
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Setting the pace
01 December 2008When it comes to environmental and social governance, where the International Finance Corporation leads, the private sector often follows. Jess McCabe talks to its new head of social and environmental development, Greg Radford
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The weight of expectation
01 November 2008Whichever way the US election went, one outcome was guaranteed: it marked the end of the Bush administration, and the end of eight years of denial, obfuscation, inaction and obstruction when it came to the greatest challenge of our generation – perhaps of any generation – tackling climate change.
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Corporate responsibility on the curriculum
01 November 2008Sustainability and corporate responsibility issues are changing the shape of MBA programmes at many leading business schools. Elisabeth Jeffries reports
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Defining the climate opportunity
01 November 2008The first step in exploiting an investment theme is defining it. Joaquim de Lima and Kevin Bourne explain HSBC's thinking about climate change.
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Under the hammer
01 November 2008The recent auction of allowances for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative marked the beginning of carbon constraints on the US economy. Gary Helm reports
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A New Deal for the environment
01 November 2008Just as the Depression spawned the New Deal, the current financial crisis should prompt a Green New Deal, argues Achim Steiner