Research and Markets: Updated: Investment Opportunities for a Low Carbon World

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c65856/investment_opportu) has announced the addition of the "Investment Opportunities for a Low Carbon World" report to their offering.

“Investment Opportunities for a Low Carbon World”

Investment Opportunities for a Low Carbon World provides institutional and individual investors with an overview of the fast growing and dynamic low carbon technologies and the ways to and means to gain exposure to them. It looks at the environmental and low carbon technologies and sectors; the measurement tools, investment vehicles and markets available to investors; the macro issues that affect the outlook for investors, from regulatory issues to broader questions on the impact of climate change.

Key Topics Covered:

Part 1: Environmental and Low Carbon Technologies

1 Wind Power

2 Solar Energy: Technologies and Markets

3 Hyrdro and Ocean Power

4 Geothermal Energy

5 Biomass

6 The Sustainability of "Biofuels"

7 Heat Pumps

8 Water Technology and Infrastructure

9 Carbon Capture and Storage

10 Energy Efficiency, and Overview

11 Investing in a New Transport and Mobility Future

Part 2: Investment Approaches, Products and Markets

12 Accessing the Sustainability Revolution for High Net Worth and Retail Investors

13 Introduction to Carbon Markets

14 The European Carbon Emission Market

15 Measuring Carbon Intensity and Risk

16 Measuring the Performance of Environmental Technology Companies

17 Investment Approaches and Products for Investors

18 Exchange Traded Funds as an Investment Approach

Part 3: Regulation, Incentives, Investor and Company Case Studies

19 Where Regulation is a Risk and an Opportunity

20 Renewable Energy Incentive Mechanisms

21 Investor Case Studies: Investment Issues for Public Pension Funds

22 Investor Case Studies: - An Institutional Investor Approach to "Clean Tech"

23 Investor Case Studies: - Climate Change: Just One More Investment issue?

24 An Investment Portfolio View of the Low Carbon World

25 Company Case Studies: How a Global Energy Company Approaches Low-Carbon Investments

26 Company Case Studies: The Challenge of Moving to Mass Low Carbon Automotive Transportation

27 Company Case Studies: Desalination's Place in the Water Cycle

Sources/Contributors:

• European Climate Exchange
• Carbon International
• Forum for the Future
• Bank Sarasin
• FTSE Group
• Chatham House
• BP plc
• London Accord / Z/Yen Group
• California Energy Commission
• Sustainable Asset Management AG
• Universities Superannuation Scheme (UK)
• Herbert Smith LLP
• WWF
• Glitnir Bank
• Insight Investment
• Trucost
• Responsible-investor.com
• Renewable Energy Association UK
• Tiptree Investments
• NeoClime Capital
• Friends Provident

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