Analysis

• Green growth is the deal of the century. Will the Dealmaker-in-Chief realise it?

  01 February 2017

  If Donald Trump really wants to 'get America winning again', he ought to seize opportunities presented by the transition to a low-carbon economy, argues Fenella Aouane.

  

• Best performing funds of 2016: Impax Environmental Markets (Ireland) Fund

  30 January 2017

  An uptick in investors' interest in environmental-themed equities, following the Paris Agreement, helped make 2016 a 'vintage' year for the Impax Environmental Markets (Ireland) Fund, reports Hamza Ali

  

• Best performing funds of 2016: Vontobel New Power A

  27 January 2017

  In a disappointing year for clean energy funds, Vontobel found a safe harbour in grid infrastructure stocks. Pascal Dudle talks to Joe Walsh.

  

• How to grow the US green bond market

  24 January 2017

  California Treasurer John Chiang conducted a 'listening tour' of the green bond market. A new report reveals the feedback on the state of the market, and the barriers that need to be overcome if it is to fulfil its potential. Peter Cripps reports

  

• Poland turns to auctions to boost renewables capacity

  18 January 2017

  Grzegorz Filipowicz outlines recent changes to Poland's support scheme for renewable energy.

  

• Poland's green bond - Q&A with the Deputy Minister of Finance

  13 January 2017

  Poland last month became the first sovereign green bond issuer, with a €750 million transaction. In this exclusive Q&A, Piotr Nowak explains some of the key points of the issue

  

• Showing leadership in the Canadian dollar green bond market

  11 January 2017

  Ontario is committed to developing the Canadian dollar green bond market, while also enhancing impact reporting, project selection and transparency. Michael Manning explains

  

• A response to the article: 50 Shades of green bonds - and 50 ways of assessing them

  09 January 2017

  A recent feature in Environmental Finance explored the growing number of tools open to investors to help them judge the green credentials of green bonds. In this piece, Peter Ellsworth suggests five essential resources for cutting through the confusion.

  

• COP22: The investors' verdict

  06 January 2017

  World leaders at the conclusion of this year's UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) agreed to accelerate both the implementation and the ambition of the Paris Agreement, despite headwinds brought on by the election of Donald Trump, reports Hamza Ali

  

• Comment: The Paris Agreement should not be Trumped

  01 January 2017

  After the celebrations sparked by the Paris Agreement in 2015, followed by its earlier-than- expected ratification, Donald Trump has delivered a shock to the system, says Peter Cripps.