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The most active investors in the cleantech, renewable energy and sustainability sectors share their views on the market at the fourth annual LP-GP Forum: Clean Energy & Sustainability.
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Within the cleantech venture capital landscape, we hear the common accusation that cleantech companies are too capital-intensive and too reliant on government incentives, writes Harold Wiener, general partner at Israeli venture capital firm Terra Venture Partners. While there is some truth to this claim, some cleantech investors are increasingly choosing to fund technologies that avoid this pitfall. 
With subsistence farmers considered to be the most vulnerable community to the effects of climate change, a majority of whom are women in poor countries, climate justice should be classed as a human rights issue, according to Reid Professor of Law and former Irish stateswoman Mary Robinson. 
Being able to respond rapidly to opportunities and understanding the underlying science is critical in the cleantech sector, according to Natalie Diep, partner at Morrison & Foerster, in her ten tips on making successful investments.
As the true financial impact of the Deepwater Horizon crisis on BP becomes clearer, including plans potentially to reduce the regular dividend from next year, an inconvenient truth about the exposure of our pension funds (and pensions) is emerging. Quite simply, the funds we hope to rely on when we retire are highly dependent on the dividends paid out by high-carbon sectors, especially oil and gas, writes Climate Change Capital's Vivienne Cox.
With liquid fuel accounting for approximately two-thirds of global energy demand and question marks surrounding the short-term viability of many electric vehicles, biofuels look set to provide important alternatives to incumbent sources of fuel for several decades.
Despite some well-documented commercial struggles, fuel cells are beginning to prove themselves as a genuine alternative to traditional energy technologies, with US investors taking a second look at this next generation of opportunities.
Italian transmission operator Terna has reinforced its renewable energy commitment by becoming a shareholder in solar thermal project Desertec, which in turn will gain access to new grid connections in Europe and Africa. 
The battle for the electric vehicle (EV) market has begun to intensify with many of the auto giants announcing low-carbon strategies or launching new models in recent weeks. 
History is filled with innovators who made less money than the people who sold their inventions, as they lacked distribution methods or sales infrastructure to supply their product to market. Oil super majors look set to make history repeat itself as they begin to pick the winners in the biofuel arena. 
The 470GW Desertec solar energy project has an estimated cost of €400bn. With major European corporations on board, will it have the necessary leverage to get built? 
Treating water is a power-intensive and expensive business. It's also one that can only become more costly as the price of fossil-fuelled electricity in social, environmental and economic terms becomes even greater. Dr Keith Bowen of Circadian Solar says, however, that concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) may provide the answer to water treatment. 
Global efforts to tackle climate change by big businesses have stalled over the past year, according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit. 
The heightened environmental liabilities created by recent European Union (EU) and UK environmental legislation were among top risk management concerns, according to insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh. 
