Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
Global Business Leaders Issue Cancun Rallying Call
"The case for bold and urgent action to tackle climate change is stronger than ever" Read the full story at Global business leaders issue Cancun rallying call BusinessGreen is the leading source of news, reviews and insight for the low carbon economy.
Responsible Investor Alert: CalPERS shifts $500m into internally-run environmental index strategy
RI News Alert: › CalPERS shifts $500m into internally-run environmental index strategy ESG Headlines from IPE.com: › Investors call for action on climate change ahead of Cancún negotiations › Stewardship Code will fail without active engagement, warns Aviva Investors Click for the newsletter
PGGM to Measure Social Impact of ESG || Investors’ Cancun Plea
RI News Alert: › PGGM teams up with Rotterdam University to measure social impact of ESG investments › €11trn investor group make Cancun climate change plea Click here to read the newsletter...
Investors Representing Over $15 Trillion Call for U.S., International Action on Climate Change
Press release CONTACT: Meg Wilcox, Ceres (617) 319-6457 (cell) Investors Representing Over $15 Trillion Call for U.S., International Action on Climate Change Investors Say Weak U.S. Policies Causing Private Capital To Go Overseas; Strong Policies Needed to Close Widening Climate Investment Gap November 16, 2010 BOSTON - The world's [...]
GFB Unveiled!
GlobalForesightBooks.org A New Approach to Considering Current Affairs, Public Policy, Planning, and Foresight The world of well-informed books and reports on current affairs is far larger than anyone imagines---at least one thousand titles per year! In the 2009-2010 period alone, some 60 English-language books have been published on [...]
European Future Energy Forum 2010: Taking Steps Towards a Global Low Carbon Economy
Lisa Cowan, European Correspondent, Ethical Markets Media, October 2010 The European Energy Forum (EFEF), described as the younger relative of the annual World Future Energy Forum held in Abu Dhabi, creates opportunity for global collaboration and high level debate. EFEF 2010 took place in London’s Excel Centre from the 19th-21st [...]
To You from NewEnergyNews: Today’s Headlines
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ TODAY AT NEWENERGYNEWS, 11-8: * TODAY’S STUDY: MEASURING GEOTHERMAL GROWTH * QUICK NEWS, 11-8: QUICK NEWS, 11-8: NEW ENERGY’S ELECTION TALLY; FROM RENEWABLE TO CLEAN; 70,000 JOBS FOR UK OCEAN WIND; BIG SUN VERSUS THE CLOCK SUNDAY WORLD, [...]
Nagoya Conference: Valuing Natural Capital is a Central Challenge
PRESS RELEASE London and Brussels, 20 October 2010 Valuing Natural Capital is a Central Challenge for the Nagoya Conference, Major Report Says It is essential to value “natural capital” if we are to avert a crisis in biodiversity, warns Patrick ten Brink of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) , co-author of the TEEB [...]
IFG and Allies Launch Cancun Mobilization For Cop 16
Linking local leaders with international allies to drive global decisions IFG recently convened another landmark meeting near Cancun, where the world’s governments will soon meet to pick up the pieces from Copenhagen’s frustrating failure to forge a global climate deal. UNFCCC’s COP 16 could yield some useful decisions to set real [...]
Trade Unions Call for Action on Biodiversity
Brussels, 20 October 2010 (ITUC OnLine): Maintaining biodiversity is a central issue for working people and their communities around the planet, including through the creation of decent jobs, protection of livelihoods and ensuring resilience to climate change, according to the ITUC in its submission to biodiversity talks currently underway in [...]
