Analysis

• Between a REC?and a hard place

  01 October 2007

  Markets for carbon reductions and renewable energy certificates already co-exist in the US. But, with mandatory, national schemes planned, how they interact is becoming a pressing issue, say Jasmine Haneef and Ben Pinchin

• Climate meetings set stage for Bali

  01 October 2007

  High-level meetings held by the United Nations and the White House have helped build political will for a new global agreement to tackle climate change, according to observers. But, despite warm words from US President George Bush, the US remains opposed to mandatory limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

• Nuclear revival – threat or opportunity?

  01 October 2007

  As governments mull over how to encourage low-­carbon generating capacity, renewable energy investors are looking anxiously for signs of support for nuclear power. But, say Sean Gammons and Richard Hern, it is far from clear how such support might weigh on their investments

• A new prosperity

  01 October 2007

  Business and finance must look beyond simple measures of profitability if they are to meet the world's social, ­environmental and ethical challenges, says John Gummer

• The Rio grandee

  01 October 2007

  In 10 years EcoSecurities has grown from a two-man band in the Malaysian rainforest to one of the world's largest carbon traders. Mark Nicholls talks to co-founder Pedro Moura Costa

• The carbon quandary

  01 October 2007

  Investors and company executives alike see merit in increasing transparency on corporate greenhouse gas emissions. But, in the absence of regulation or standards, disclosure can raise as many questions as it answers. Elisabeth Jeffries reports

• Can solar deliver?

  01 October 2007

  Investors are heavily backing solar photovoltaics as the clean energy technology of choice. But, argues Roger Franklin, they are backing the wrong horse

• Power to the people

  01 September 2007

  The growing enthusiasm for biofuels touches many of the world's high-profile issues: energy, the environment, food supply, trade and a large dose of international politics. Vic Wyman reports

• Fuel cell inside

  01 September 2007

  With the much-vaunted hydrogen economy still on the distant horizon, the fuel cell sector has fallen out of favour with environmental investors. But Ceres Power is offering a different fuel cell play. Elisabeth Jeffries reports

• Rethinking risk

  01 September 2007

  As this issue of Environmental Finance went to press on 21 August, the world's investors seemed to be holding their breath. The US Fed's move at the end of the previous week, cutting its discount rate by 0.5 percentage points, had, for the time being at least, put the brakes on stock market slides. But, with continuing anxiety in the credit markets, the consensus is that more volatility is around the corner.