environment

Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA) has made its first new investment in 18 months.

Schroders'Simon Webber is planning to increase exposure to renewable stocks believing prices are about to reach rock bottom.

Future Fuels is raising a £40m fund to invest in the British Renewable Transport Fuel (RTF) market.

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

Schroder Global Climate Change manager Simon Webber believes clean energy stocks will continue to advance in 2010 despite this month's Copenhagen summit only delivering a "fudge" agreement.

Negative sentiment around the failure to reach a detailed agreement at Copenhagen will only have a short term impact on environmental markets, say fund managers.

WHEB Sustainability fund has increased its exposure to solar power stocks on expectations of a rally post Copenhagen Summit.

Schroders Simon Webber warns a failure to reach agreement at the UN climate change conference could impact carbon intensive industries such as steel.

Fund managers believe the outlook for clean technology stocks is increasingly positive following the US Environmental Protection Agency's declaration carbon dioxide is dangerous to human health.

Fund managers are cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the UN climate change in Copenhagen, though there is recognition any binding agreement will not materialise until the end of 2010.