Investment

Economic downturn could result in plenty of bargains for clean tech venture capital and private equity investors

High uptake of CDM projects and developed countries' lax targets will cause drop in 2009

Leading German solar firm downgrades financial projections, but insists medium-term outlook remains "unabatedly positive"

New administration planning to plough billions into green infrastructure projects

EUAs close to €15 a tonne as fears over slump in industrial output bite

Bank of America and HSBC announce that they will make good on threats to end financing for firms that fail to live up to environmental standards

"Godfather" of hedge funds, Stanley Fink, sets goal of proving the low-carbon economy can deliver attractive investment returns

As talks to improve the UN's controversial carbon offset scheme kick off, Det Norske Veritas has been suspended from checking emission reduction projects in developing countries

International report argues support for green taxes jeopardised by failure to ring fence revenue for low carbon investments

Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Munich Re, Standard Chartered and Swiss Re first firms to sign up to standards that could see them refuse financing to projects that fail to disclose carbon emissions