Analysis

• Time to be counted

  23 July 2010

  What is the economic value of an endangered species? How much is as yet undeciphered genetic information worth? Can a price be put on a habitat's delicate ecological balance?

• Raising the stakes

  23 July 2010

  As head of Barclays Capital's environmental markets desk, Louis Redshaw has taken a deliberate, even cautious approach to building the business. But, as he tells Mark Nicholls, the current environment offers a chance to up the ante

• Joining up the dots

  23 July 2010

  Managing information flows between participants in Clean Development Mechanism projects around the world has generated headaches for all concerned – but Carbonflow thinks it has the answer. Mark Nicholls reports

• A private sector role in REDD+?

  22 July 2010

  Government funding is beginning to flow to help forest nations reduce emissions from deforestation – and prepare for a REDD+ carbon market. But is there any room for the private sector? Steven Bland reports

• PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

  22 July 2010

  With the run-up to the Copenhagen talks, 2009 was the year of climate change. For many, this year is all about biodiversity – indeed, for the UN, 2010 is its International Year of Biodiversity.

• IPO OF THE YEAR

  22 July 2010

  Of the few companies that listed in the public markets over the past year, many have taken investors on a stomach-flipping rollercoaster ride.

• RENEWABLE ENERGY DEAL OF THE YEAR

  22 July 2010

  The message from the industry is clear: if the EU is to meet its ambitious renewable energy targets, massive investment in the sector is needed.

• CARBON FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

  22 July 2010

  Registering the first 'programmatic' Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project was always going to be a stand-out moment in the development of the carbon market.

• WEATHER RISK DEAL OF THE YEAR

  22 July 2010

  Environmental Finance's Weather Risk Deal of the Year was groundbreaking in several ways: it was in a developing country and was a complex 'quanto' product, combining weather and commodity risk.

• Innovation and uncertainty

  22 July 2010

  The global economy may be limping back to health, but it's been another tough 12 months for environmental markets. Environmental Finance recognises the stand-out deals that have overcome adversity