Analysis

• COP Blog: Follow the money

  19 November 2013

  Before this year's Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN climate convention got underway, the Warsaw meeting was being widely referred to as 'the finance COP'

• COP Blog: Can the last CDM participant to leave the National Stadium please turn out the lights?

  18 November 2013

  At the end of the first week of ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP9), it has become abundantly clear that despite the proliferation of agenda items related to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and new market-based approaches, there is no sense of urgency to achieve progress in any of them.

• COP Blog: The evolution of equity

  16 November 2013

  The notion of equity has always been one of the most divisive concepts at the UN climate negotiations. In fact, many argue that it has been the deal breaker to a global agreement more than once.

• People moves

  15 November 2013

  The latest people moves in the environmental markets, covering companies including Terra Firma, Deutsche Bank, Climate Change Capital, the Global Reporting Initiative and more

• A licence to list?

  14 November 2013

  There has been a welcome increase in the number of renewables firms launching IPOs in 2013. But is this promising spate of activity a sign that investor confidence in the sector is finally growing, or will it prove a false dawn, asks Peter Cripps

• COP Blog: 90 minutes to make ten years worth of changes!

  13 November 2013

  Finally, the Parties met to start the review of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Modalities and Procedures (the M&P), which were created in Marrakech back in 2001...

• Poland must lead at UN climate talks

  11 November 2013

  As COP19 begins, getting the right financial frameworks in place is crucial to a global climate deal, argues Stephanie Pfeifer

• A business perspective on COP19

  08 November 2013

  Going into this year's UN Climate Change meeting (COP19) in Warsaw, solutions are needed for a number of significant issues in order to lead to an equitable and effective UN global climate agreement in 2015, says International Chamber of Commerce Secretary General Jean-Guy Carrier

• Will COP19 deliver on REDD?

  07 November 2013

  The upcoming UN climate talks have been described as a 'REDD+ conference', according to Anna Bolin and Matt Leggett, who outline issues that negotiators must tackle to help drive demand for forest carbon credits

• Sustainability heavyweight

  05 November 2013

  With its ambitious targets to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, waste and water use, Unilever is widely seen as a sustainability champion. Its CEO Paul Polman tells Peter Cripps how its efforts to tackle environmental problems have helped drive its growth