September 27, 2014 EconoMatters Tax Carbon Consumption: Europe’s Best Environmental Strategy Phillippe Legrain explains what Europe needs to do on climate change – and how. Texas and Germany: Energy Twins? Texas and Germany may hold the key to the future of world energy markets, says Ben Paulos. Filipino Climate Bonds, …
69th General Debate Continues Discussion of Post-2015 Agenda, Highlights Biodiversity, SIDS Issues
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REN21 Renewables Academy 2014: Programme available!
REN21 Renewables Academy 2014 Bonn/Germany Programme available Register now: 10-12 November 2014 Dear REN21 Contributors, Dear REN21 Network Members, The evolution of renewable energy over the past decade has surpassed all expectations. Global installed capacity and production from all renewable technologies have increased substantially, and supporting policies have continued to …
Google CEO: They’re lying
“We should not be aligned with such people. They are just literally lying.” That’s what Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an infamous corporate lobbying group that pushes an agenda that denies the realities of climate change. Bravo to Schmidt for withdrawing Google’s membership …
Climate Science & Solutions Summit, October 6, 2014
Meeting the challenge of climate change ~ what policy makers and the public need to know. RSVP: www.facebook.com/FLSolutionsSummit
Push for New Pact on Climate Change Is Plagued by Old Divide of Wealth
Push for New Pact on Climate Change Is Plagued by Old Divide of Wealth By JUSTIN GILLIS and CORAL DAVENPORTSEPT. 20, 2014 President Christopher J. Loeak of the Marshall Islands outside his home after tidal flooding. Credit Giff Johnson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images At 1 p.m. on Sunday, tens of …
Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets
Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets By LISA W. FODERARO NY Times, SEPT. 21, 2014 Slide Show Slide Show|13 Photos A Demonstration for the Planet in Manhattan CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times C Legions of demonstrators frustrated by international inaction on global warming descended on New York …
Beyond Divestment: Climate-Concerned Philanthropists Pledge to Move Billions to Wind and Solar
Beyond Divestment: Climate-Concerned Philanthropists Pledge to Move Billions to Wind and Solar Thursday, 18 September 2014 12:48 By Chuck Collins, YES! Magazine | Report (Image: Wind energy via Shutterstock) This story is part of the Climate in Our Hands collaboration between Truthout and YES! Magazine. As the United Nations Climate …
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE CAN NOW BE ACHIEVED TOGETHER, FINDS GLOBAL COMMISSION
Ethical Markets welcomes this report which conforms to our own research in our Green Transition Scoreboard®. Hazel Henderson, Editor New report aims to drive action by world leaders, business executives and investors ahead of major summit on climate change Editor’s note: The “Better Growth, Better Climate” report, including infographics …
Shareholder Successes: Investors Secure Groundbreaking Corporate Commitments on Climate Action
Ceres Newsletter September 2014 Press and Media Press Release: Investors Secure Groundbreaking Corporate Commitments to Protect Forests, Reduce Carbon Emissions News Story: Only $1 Trillion: Annual Investment Goal Puts Climate Solutions Within Reach (InsideClimate News) Blog: A Simple Equation For Closing The Clean Energy Gap (Forbes) News Story: Refracking brings …