Will opportunities in the emerging economies help soften the blow of an economic slowdown in the US? Or are environmental issues the primary concern of global banks? Silvia Pavoni questions nine top bankers about what 2007 holds for them.

Can markets succeed where tree-huggers failed? Geraldine Lambe reports.

John Wood discusses the interplay between the EU-ETS and the project mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol, as set out under the Linking Directive, and, in particular, the constraints placed on the use of project-based credits.

Climate change brings a new generation of risks, opportunities and responsibilities for the world’s financial markets, report Nick Robins and George Latham.

With the Phase I allowance price collapse earlier this year, has the EU got it all wrong on CO₂ emissions? If so, what can Phase II do to tighten up the allocation process, ask Chris Leeds and Francisco Blanch at Merrill Lynch.

When Better World Now! (BWN!) was looking for a method to balance its profit driven conservation models it had to seriously consider how carbon trading would affect its business model.