Analysis

• Back to the drawing board

  01 April 2008

  Allison Wood unpicks the US Court of Appeals ruling that gutted the EPA's mercury trading proposals – and suggests the story doesn't end here

• Can carbon make nuclear pay?

  01 April 2008

  The US nuclear industry is hopeful that the introduction of carbon trading will help finance a new generation of nuclear power plants. But the European experience may give them pause. Jess McCabe reports

• Coming into its own

  01 April 2008

  Concerns over energy security and climate change are persuading politicians that nuclear power has a vital role to play in the electricity supply mix of the future, says Ian Hore-Lacy

• From wind to water

  01 April 2008

  With €1.7 billion under management, Bozena Jankowska's EcoTrends fund has become one of the largest environmental funds in the market. Now the RCM fund manager is turning her attention to the water sector. Mark Nicholls reports

• Here comes the sun

  01 April 2008

  Solar plants are getting bigger and project financiers are getting interested. Nick Gardiner and Neena Madhok look at what's driving the sector – and what risks investors face

• Suzlon goes global

  01 April 2008

  Elizabeth Block reports on how wind turbine maker Suzlon has expanded its horizons far beyond India

• People moves this month

  01 April 2008

  ANNA LEHMANN and BRUCE MAILLET have joined UK-based carbon project developer Sindicatum Carbon Capital (SCC).

• Trading on the tarmac

  01 March 2008

  The inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme may have stalled, as the sector awaits a compromise directive to emerge. But, says Udeke Huiskamp, airlines would be well advised to begin anticipating a cost of carbon

• Tough times for managers

  01 March 2008

  Carbon funds can offer institutional investors a convenient – and lucrative – entry into the carbon market. But current market uncertainty is making them a tough sell. Mark Nicholls reports

• Making the climate change play

  01 March 2008

  It is a torrid time to be investing in, well, pretty much anything at the moment. Gold looks quite attractive, and the Financial Times recently reported on how pawnbrokers were thriving, as the banks turn their backs on the higher credit risk end of the retail market.