Investing in climate change technology

The Copenhagen summit put climate change firmly at the top of the news and political agenda. But what opportunities are there for investors?

The myriad of discussions surrounding carbon emission targets make it easy to forget, along with the very real challenges facing the world, climate change also throws up a raft of investment opportunities. Those fund managers who had the foresight to recognise the opportunities early on have been well rewarded. Over the past five years, the FTSE ET50, which follows the 50 largest environmental technology companies, has risen by 68%. Few now doubt the very real threat climate change will have on the global economy, nor the financial rewards for those companies that develop the technolo...