Analysis

• Clarity, predictability and ambition

  01 November 2009

  The message from the business community to the negotiators in Copenhagen is clear, says Björn Stigson

• The elements of success

  01 November 2009

  Copenhagen is a decisive moment in humanity's battle against climate change. UN climate chief Yvo de Boer sets out the five elements for a deal

• Deal or no deal?

  01 November 2009

  With UN talks in Copenhagen just weeks away, a post-2012 climate change agreement is still hanging in the balance. Katie Kouchakji reports

• Some like it hot

  01 November 2009

  Governments are increasingly turning to AAUs – or 'hot air' credits – to meet their Kyoto targets. Christopher Cundy reports on efforts to ensure their environmental credibility, and on the crucial post-2012 question

• Waiting for the Senate

  01 November 2009

  It's been a rollercoaster ride for US federal climate change legislation – and it's not over yet. Advocates sense building momentum – but there are plenty of switchbacks ahead. Gloria Gonzalez reports

• A limited role for carbon markets?

  01 November 2009

  Carbon markets are set to play a growing role in efforts to reduce industrialised world emissions. But their role in developing countries is likely to be smaller than many expect, says Marcel Brinkman

• Charting a path to sectoral mechanisms

  01 November 2009

  The CDM will only get us so far; entire developing world industry sectors need to be brought into the carbon market. Richard Baron and André Aasrud consider the why and how of sectoral crediting and trading

• A recipe for success?

  01 November 2009

  As Copenhagen draws nearer, voices saying it will fail are growing louder. Environmental Finance asks eight leading experts how they would define success in Denmark, and how to achieve it

• A lack of pressure?

  01 November 2009

  Carbon capture and storage remains one of the most contentious elements of international climate change policy. Paul Zakkour and Malcolm Wilson argue that cooperation is urgently required to get the technology moving

• Ten years on

  01 October 2009

  It's Environmental Finance's 10th anniversary. Editor Mark Nicholls looks back at a decade of progress – and a few pitfalls on the way