Analysis

  • On the right course

    06 June 2012

    Mark Nicholls finds optimism and evolving thinking in the results of Environmental Finance's first survey of sustainability issues in postgraduate education

  • A solar survivor

    06 June 2012

    For Jigar Shah, who has spent his entire career in clean energy, the solar sector's latest travails represent merely a bump in the road. He talks to Gloria Gonzalez

  • OPIC's clean energy export drive

    06 June 2012

    The Overseas Private Investment Corporation's clean energy division has flourished over the past few years. Lynn Tabernacki, its managing director of renewables and clean energy, talks to Gloria Gonzalez

  • Saudi Arabia sees the light

    24 May 2012

    Saudi Arabia has unveiled solar energy targets that could make the desert kingdom an international force in renewable energy. Tim Armsby and Faisal Tabbaa consider how they are likely to be financed

  • Taking stock of non-financial reporting

    22 May 2012

    With corporate sustainability reporting high on the agenda at the forthcoming Rio+20 meeting, Paul Scott reflects upon how far the practice has come in the past two decades – and how far it still has to go

  • Trickle-down economics

    16 May 2012

    The boom in unconventional oil and gas extraction has brought a host of environmental challenges, not least in wastewater treatment. But it presents an opportunity for VC-backed water treatment firms, says Tom Whitehouse

  • Global Carbon - Summer 2012

    16 May 2012

    The latest issue of our new quarterly carbon markets and finance publication is now available FREE, online.

  • Under a cloud

    14 May 2012

    The EU's move to cap aviation emissions is under fire from all sides. Christopher Cundy asks if the system can survive the onslaught

  • Funding a low-carbon future

    14 May 2012

    Will Oulton, editor of Investment Opportunities for a Low-Carbon World, reflects on opportunities for investors in environmental businesses and the need for more 'patient capital'

  • The next phase

    11 May 2012

    Josué Tanaka is leading a new phase of the EBRD's sustainable energy lending – and its push into North Africa. He speaks to Christopher Cundy