Analysis

• A blended approach to financing forests

  11 April 2012

  It is unlikely that the carbon markets, via a REDD mechanism, can deliver enough finance quickly enough to rapidly slow deforestation. Nick Oakes explains how blending additional revenue streams with carbon finance could be the answer

• EDITORIAL: A(nother) call to action

  11 April 2012

  At Environmental Finance, we know only too well how much information our readers are bombarded with – whether about the latest environmental technologies or policy developments, the ups and downs of environmental commodity markets, or the increasingly frequent financing deals that are laying the foundations of a low-carbon economy.

• The next steps

  05 April 2012

  After 11 years at the helm of the UNEP Finance Initiative, Paul Clements-Hunt takes a look at the past – and future – of sustainable finance

• China after the CDM

  05 April 2012

  In recent years, western investment in China's renewable energy infrastructure has been all about the Clean Development Mechanism. But, as Europe shuts the door on Chinese carbon credits, developers and investors are looking at new Chinese renewables plays. Joshua Speckman reports

• Sun to come out for renewable project bonds?

  29 March 2012

  The $850 million Topaz solar bond is being hailed as a bellwether for the renewable energy bond market. But can others follow where MidAmerican Energy has trodden? Mark Nicholls reports

• Putting offshore wind on target

  27 March 2012

  The UK's 2020 renewable energy goals rely on a massive increase in offshore wind generation. David Cruickshank examines how project developers can deliver

• E+Co eyes expansion in cookstoves, renewables

  22 March 2012

  E+Co is scaling-up its clean energy investments and taking cookstove technology to the next level. Christopher Cundy reports

• Reduce, reuse – and remanufacture?

  22 March 2012

  Interest in remanufacturing and recommerce is picking up, offering an environmental investment opportunity perfectly suited to straitened economic times, say Nicholas Morley and Tom Whitehouse

• Digging out demand

  17 March 2012

  Uncertain demand for forest carbon credits is making project developers seek alternative sources of finance. Christopher Cundy reports

• The rising tide

  15 March 2012

  Looming drought in the UK is the latest reminder that it's time for companies to get serious about water management, says Joe Flanagan