Analysis

• Environmental Finance Awards 2010

  22 July 2010

  The annual Environmental Finance Awards recognise excellence in the application of financial markets know-how to the world's most pressing environmental problems.

• CATASTROPHE RISK DEAL OF THE YEAR

  22 July 2010

  In the US catastrophe insurance-linked securities market, almost half of all deals are referenced to industry loss estimates, quickly produced by an independent third party to provide an objective, transparent assessment of the impact on the insurance industry of a particular event.

• Pathways across the valley of death

  08 July 2010

  The US renewable energy sector is beginning to consider life after economic stimulus – but sees a yawning chasm opening up. Gloria Gonzalez reports

• The generation game

  25 June 2010

  Renewable energy infrastructure offers solid, long-term returns – and investors are dipping more than a toe in the water. Christopher Cundy reports

• Global Carbon 2010

  22 June 2010

  Download a free 36-page special report from Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance, prepared for Carbon Expo in Cologne, on the state of the world's carbon markets. (Site registration required)

• The dangers of making a killing on nature

  17 June 2010

  Applying the lessons of the carbon market to biodiversity protection is a recipe for disaster, says Anna Roggenbuck

• Investors pass their verdict

  11 June 2010

  Demand for environmentally-themed investment research is growing – and the brokers are responding. Mark Nicholls talks to the winners of Environmental Finance's inaugural investment research survey

• Beyond project finance?

  11 June 2010

  The Equator Principles have helped embed environmental and social risk management in project finance around the world – but many are calling for their reach to be extended. Jess McCabe reports

• Gilt-edged greenery

  11 June 2010

  Capital is needed to protect the world's forests, and institutional investors need stable, long-term investments that help to hedge climate risk. Could forest bonds be the answer, asks Simon Petley

• Madam secretary

  11 June 2010

  From civil servant to NGO founder to private sector adviser – and now head of the UN's climate secretariat. Christiana Figueres talks to Katie Kouchakji