Climate Change
The Carbon Economy is Taken Seriously
On November 17-18 The Economist hosted a networking and informative conference in Washington DC entitled: ‘The Carbon Economy: New Opportunities for Green Business’. There was a diverse panel of speakers from business (both current leaders and entrepreneurs presenting their start-ups), [...]
Interactive simulation models help environmental decision-making
Picture yourself as a politician, or a decision-maker, who, among other things, needs to address climate change. The day may come when you need to decide how much to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How can you decide on this wisely [...]
Obama has faith in Copenhagen, even without a climate bill
US president Barack Obama has announced he will be attending the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference next month, and will do his best to make a treaty happen. We were talking yesterday about the importance the US has for the Copenhagen [...]
Final talks before Copenhagen
This week, negotiators from around 180 countries are gathered in Barcelona, Spain with the aim of preparing a manageable proposal of a treaty, to be discussed and signed in December, in the Copenhagen Conference. They are in charge of a [...]
100 World Legislators Pre-empt Copenhagen
On October 26, 2009, legislators from sixteen of the world’s major economies agreed on key principles to enact climate change legislation in their own countries and advanced towards a global low carbon economy. This agreement is particularly important because it [...]
