Analysis

• The COP power players

  15 November 2012

  From 26 November, thousands of politicians, officials, lobbyists and observers will descend on Doha for the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Environmental Finance profiles 10 of climate talks' big beasts, and considers what they are looking to come away with.

• A welcome intervention?

  13 November 2012

  As the EU continues to grapple with how best to reform its emissions trading system in the face of flagging carbon prices, we ask six market participants what the best method of market intervention is, if it must happen at all

• Clean energy, carbon and Obama 2

  12 November 2012

  There's little question that renewable energy developers and environmental groups are glad to see Obama back in the White House. But with Congress still divided, how much benefit are they likely to see? Gloria Gonzalez reports

• Room for improvement on UK reporting rules

  12 November 2012

  The UK's proposed environmental reporting rules are not without their problems – but with a little fine-tuning they will help raise the bar in the UK and beyond, says Martin Baxter

• Pushing the ESG envelope

  09 November 2012

  Private equity funds are stepping up ESG integration – but will a blizzard of investor requests for intervention overwhelm them? Mark Nicholls reports

• The phoenix fund manager

  09 November 2012

  The announcement that Aviva Investors was to pull out of sustainable and responsible investment sent shockwaves through the industry – but Peter Michaelis and his team have found a new home at Alliance Trust. Mark Nicholls reports

• An environmental risk reckoning

  08 November 2012

  Leading banks may be talking a good game on low-carbon lending, but a closer look at their environmental exposures tells a different story. MSCI's Matt Moscardi digs deep into the sector's environmental risk management

• Taking collective action on water risk

  05 November 2012

  The latest CDP Water Disclosure report shows how leading companies are recognising the importance of collective action as an approach to manage water risk, says Will Sarni

• EDITORIAL: After the election

  05 November 2012

  It's one of those ironies of history that, if Republican John McCain had won the presidency in 2008, it's likely that by now the US would have imposed an economy-wide cost of carbon, through a federal cap-and-trade programme.

• Can next-generation biofuels deliver?

  01 November 2012

  EU politicians hope capping biofuels made from food crops will trigger a boom in advanced fuels. But is the technology ready to lead the next wave of growth, or will the EU's biofuels targets be missed? Peter Cripps investigates