Table of Contents
Dedication v
Praises for How I Saw It vi
Foreword Hunter Lovins, June 2016 vii
Acknowledgments xi
About the Author xiii
Introduction Richard L. Sandor, July 2016 xxi
Chapter 1 Environmental Finance Introductory Remarks: October 1999 1
Chapter 2 The Convergence of Environmental and Capital Markets: October 1999 2
Chapter 3 Voluntary Carbon Deals Break Records: November 1999 5
Chapter 4 Seeing the Wood for the Trees: December 1999/January 2000 9
Chapter 5 Trading While the Temperature Rises: February 2000 12
Chapter 6 Daimler Chrysler, Ford Change Lanes: March 2000 16
Chapter 7 The CDM: Opportunities and Challenges: April 2000 19
Chapter 8 SO2 Market Exceeds Expectations: May 2000 23
Chapter 9 US Carbon Trading Project Wins Funding: June 2000 27
Chapter 10 The Case for a Simplified CDM: July-August 2000 31
Chapter 11 The US and EU: Closer than You Think: September 2000 35
Chapter 12 CDM - Simplicity is the Key: October 2000 39
Chapter 13 Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index: One Year On: November 2000 49
Chapter 14 A Post-Hague Compromise on Reforestation: December 2000-January 2001 53
Chapter 15 California Utilities: The S&L Crisis Revisited: February 2001 57
Chapter 16 The Case for Coal: March 2001 61
Chapter 17 SO2 Auction Shows Power of Markets: April 2001 66
Chapter 18 "It Ain't Over Till It's Over": May 2001 70
Chapter 19 Corporate Giants to Aid Design of US Carbon Market: June 2001 75
Chapter 20 And the Beat Goes on: July-August 2001 79
Chapter 21 The Case for Plurilateral Environmental Markets: September 2001 83
Chapter 22 DJSI World: Two Years on: October 2001 87
Chapter 23 The Convergence of Environmental and Capital Markets: Another Step: November 2001 91
Chapter 24 The DJSI - A Story of Financial Innovation: December 2001-January 2002 95
Chapter 25 Chicago Climate Exchange Progress Report: February 2002 103
Chapter 26 Observations on Enron: March 2002 107
Chapter 27 A Decade of SO2 Allowance Auctions: April 2002 111
Chapter 28 The Road to Price Discovery: May 2002 115
Chapter 29 Here Come the States: June 2002 119
Chapter 30 Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: July-August 2002 122
Chapter 31 DJSI World Index - Three Years on: September 2002 127
Chapter 32 NASD Agreement Boosts Chicago Climate Exchange: October 2002 132
Chapter 33 How Emissions Can Make Wind Power Pay: November 2002 136
Chapter 34 Markets Everywhere: December 2002-January 2003 140
Chapter 35 Chicago Shows the Way: February 2003 144
Chapter 36 Institutional Innovation (Part I): March 2003 148
Chapter 37 The Power of an Idea: April 2003 152
Chapter 38 Institutional Innovation (Part II): May 2003 156
Chapter 39 Flexibility is the Key: June 2003 161
Chapter 40 Water Rights and Wrongs: July-August 2003 166
Chapter 41 The CCX Auction: 20 Questions: September 2003 170
Chapter 42 The Benefits of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility: October 2003 174
Chapter 43 Water - New Horizons for Markets: November 2003 178
Chapter 44 "The British are Coming!": February 2004 182
Chapter 45 Industrial Policy Skews EU Allocation Plans: March 2004 186
Chapter 46 SO2 Auctions - An Even Dozen: April 2004 190
Chapter 47 Here Come the States II: May 2004 194
Chapter 48 A Tale of Two Continents: June 2004 198
Chapter 49 SO2 Emissions Allowances - Anatomy of a Mature Market: July-August 2004 202
Chapter 50 Pricing Crude Oil Price Volatility: Can Markets Help?: September 2004 207
Chapter 51 An Economists Progress: October 2004 211
Chapter 52 The Benefits of Corporate Sustainability: November 2004 220
Chapter 53 CCX - The Year in Review: December 2004-January 2005 224
Chapter 54 Here Come the States III: January 2005 229
Chapter 55 Talking about the Weather: March 2005 233
Chapter 56 SO2 Prices - Where Do We Go from Here?: April 2005 236
Chapter 57 Weathering the Crude Oil Crisis: May 2005 240
Chapter 58 Trading Away Conflict: June 2005 244
Chapter 59 Verifying Emissions - Lessons from the CCX: July-August 2005 248
Chapter 60 Beyond Kyoto: Some Thoughts on the Past, Present, and Future: September 2005 253
Chapter 61 What a Difference 10 Years Make: October 2009 261
Listing of Articles by Subject 265