A presentation given in Mumbai, on 17th November 2007 by Pavan Sukhdev, a Managing Director in the Global Markets division of Deutsche Bank AG and member of Green Indian States Trust, about the measurement of sustainability. For more information visit www.gistindia.org

This article, by James Palmer and Prof. Michael Mainelli and part of the London Accord, is intended to provide an illustration of the application of portfolio modelling to climate change investment. For more information go to www.london-accord.co.uk

In order for the true cost of carbon to be represented in the market, its effects on the environment must be captured like any other externality, and subject to the same laws of supply and demand, setting a dynamic price of emissions in business.This article by the Z/Yen Group examines the two primary market mechanisms available – cap-and-trade schemes, and carbon tax. For more information go to www.london-accord.co.uk

The Road to London, by Prof. Michael Mainelli and Jan-Peter Onstwedder, tells the story of how the London Accord came to be, from its origin in the autumn of 2005 to its publication in December 2007, tracing the individuals and the external factors that shaped it. For more information go to www.london-accord.co.uk

The Green Accounting for Indian States Project has been set up to create new measures of economic success that would be a better yardstick, than conventional GDP figures, to look at the trade off between development and sustainability in the Third World . This monograph is the first in a series that offer arguments relevant to potential force for good companies in South East Asia.  This article looks at why new economic measures are necessary in relation to Indian forests and what these measures could be.