Analysis

• EU carbon market weekly update - 6 July 2015

  06 July 2015

  Wednesday's EU plenary vote on the Market Stability Reserve could give EUA prices a modest boost but the euro/dollar exchange rate will also be a significant factor, says Louis Redshaw

• Infographic: The growth of carbon pricing

  03 July 2015

  Carbon pricing instruments around the world now have a combined value of almost $50 billion, according to new data from the World Bank.

• Green bond comment: An encouraging quarter

  01 July 2015

  When Environmental Finance's small-but-dedicated team of green bond aficionados totted up all the green bond issues from the first quarter of 2015, the numbers were a little disappointing, says Peter Cripps.

• Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting

  01 July 2015

  Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports

• EU carbon market weekly update - 29 June 2015

  29 June 2015

  After modest gains last week, EU allowance prices are most likely to move sideways in the next few days, says Louis Redshaw.

• Quotes of the Quarter

  26 June 2015

  Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the second quarter of 2015.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 23 June 2015

  23 June 2015

  Another week of sideways price moves in the EU carbon market is a strong possibility, unless there is a significant development in the Greek crisis, says Louis Redshaw

• Redefining additionality with respect to green bonds

  22 June 2015

  Definitions of additionality pre-date the current green bond market and are generally understood to reference incentives or markets that are enabling something to happen that otherwise would not.

• Building out the yieldco

  22 June 2015

  With more yieldcos expected to come to market in coming months, how will this asset class evolve, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett

• Getting real about carbon capture

  22 June 2015

  Carbon capture and storage has a vital role to play in European efforts to combat climate change, says Chris Davies MEP. But the technology needs urgent political and financial support.