Analysis

• EDITORIAL: Sending the debt mountain up in smoke

  06 March 2012

  Governments may not have the stomach to make the environmental argument for carbon pricing, but they should look at the fiscal case, says Mark Nicholls

• Getting down to business

  03 March 2012

  This year's Rio+20 summit presents an opportunity for the private sector to make its mark on the sustainable development agenda. But will business seize the day? Christopher Cundy reports

• Biofuels on the brink

  03 March 2012

  Investors have rushed into biofuels IPOs in the US in recent months – but the nascent industry is at a crossroads. Felicity Carus reports

• Cutting the cost of renewables targets

  03 March 2012

  How can Europe's policy-makers best reduce the costs of the 2020 renewable energy targets? Corinna Klessmann considers their options

• Claim and counterclaim

  02 March 2012

  More than a hundred cases have been filed in US courts against companies accused of causing global warming. Are their insurers on the hook? Wylie Donald considers the evidence

• Fully engaged

  02 March 2012

  Under James Gifford's stewardship, the Principles for Responsible Investment have grown from an internship project at the UNEP Finance Initiative to a $30 trillion phenomenon.

• Putting pellets out to market

  02 March 2012

  The use of biomass by the power sector is growing fast – but creating an active market in wood pellets is proving a challenge. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports

• The ELD looms large

  02 March 2012

  Europe's Environmental Liability Directive is extending often hard-to-quantify environmental exposures across a wide range of companies, says Cliff Warman

• Nanotechnology moves into the marketplace

  28 February 2012

  Nanotech has the potential to transform the efficiency of a whole sweep of industrial sectors, says Ilya Golubovich

• Coming off the bottom?

  28 February 2012

  Could the recent falls in the cost of environmental insurance be over? While competition for business remains intense, insurers are pushing back against falling premiums. Gloria Gonzalez reports