Commodities/Central banks
Saving for a rainy day
Liquidity Risk
A turning point
Nordic Risk - Profile
The missing link
With several countries now developing emissions trading schemes, UN-supervised project-based emissions credits could become the linking instrument that creates a global price signal for greenhouse gas abatement. But greater standardisation in the market…
Troubled waters
Nord Stream, the planned gas pipeline that will link the super giant Russian gas fields of Siberia directly with Europe, looks set to offer an important solution to the EU's energy security concerns. But even before under-sea construction has begun, the…
Impact of ethanol
Increased demand for ethanol in the US has led to predictions that biofuels will have a 30% share of global energy demand by 2030, writes Eric Fishhaut
Finding the way forward
US wholesale power markets are currently the subject of much concern. As Ferc begins a review to improve competition, Edison Electric Institute's Richard McMahon suggests some key ways to move forward
Engineering change
A new risk management culture is evolving in the Asian clean development mechanism market, which should lower CDM project risk while expanding financing options, finds Catherine Lacoursière
Better prospects
Russia offers better prospects for industry to develop and far more investment opportunities than is widely recognised, writes Pavel Ulianov of Russian metal giant Rusal
The Big Interview: Paul McCulley
Pimco's portfolio manager talks to Dalia Fahmy about chasing yield in an expensive asset class, and what he's expecting will trigger the next market downturn
Point Carbon survey shows EU ETS ‘significantly’ reducing emissions
Global carbon markets in 2006 saw transactions of 1.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) worth €22.5 billion, according to environmental market analyst and information provider Point Carbon, who has just completed a survey of the carbon…
A liability defined
Pension indexes
South Africa - Looking to new heights
Inflation
Designing a market
With Canada likely to embark on an emissions-trading scheme this year, Oliver Holtaway looks at the various forms it could take