Analysis

  • 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

  • COP29 finance day: Harmonisation initiatives the highlight of underwhelming day

    14 November 2024

    Multi-jurisdiction taxonomies and a push for harmonised transition plan rules stole the headlines, as finance proved a sticking point, Michael Hurley writes

  • Climate change: The picture is bleak, but there are reasons to be hopeful

    13 November 2024

    The tools, knowledge and opportunities to deliver the transition to a green economy already exist, writes Penny Apostolaki