Tag Archives: Carbon Disclosure Project
Save carbon in soils and trees, sell credits
Carbon farming plan in Australia approved by House of Parliament. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet described the vote as a win for farmers, Indigenous Australia and the environment. The carbon farming initiative would allow farmers to … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, Emission Trade, News, Tools for change
UK top companies have no targets on Green House Gas Emissions
Nearly half of the UK’s top companies do not have targets on greenhouse gas emissions, despite years of legislation and campaigning on the issue, a study by the Carbon Trust has found. Forty of the FTSE 100 either lack numerical targets on … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, News
Will the renewables scenarios be attractive enough for the investors?
Close to 80 percent of the world‘s energy supply could be met by renewables by mid-century if backed by the right enabling public policies a new report shows. The findings, from over 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, Dependency on fossil fuel, Investment, News, Tools for change
C40 meeting in Sao Paolo – New agreement to fight climate change in cities
The World Bank signed an agreement on Wednesday with mayors from 40 of the world’s biggest cities to work on technical and financial assistance for projects to minimize the effects of climate change. Read more
Categories: Climate Change, News, Sustainable Cities
New report: Climate Change and the higher and faster rise of the sea level
Sea levels will rise higher and faster than the United Nations predicted just four years ago, a major international study has found. The new report says that the seas will rise by up to 1.6 metres by the year 2100. The … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, News
Durban a new disappoitment in the Climate negotiations?
Will the developing countries see any further steps on climate justice or will the negotiators struggle away from a possible deal? US climate negotiator Todd Stern and European climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard played down the chance of a breakthrough after a meeting … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Negotiations, News
Bloomberg and Clinton to Merge Climate Groups
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and former President Bill Clinton, two of the most influential spokesmen for environmental sustainability, will merge their global climate groups under a plan announced on Wednesday. Read more in The New York Times
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News, Sustainable Cities
Green guides for SME:s
Guidelines and support to the SME:s on the green market will be more common all over Europe. The latest is guide is coming from the UK Carbon Trust. The green market is estimated to be worth £112 billion in the … Continue reading →
No manipulating of facts or withholding of information by Climate Scientists said US Department
An inquiry by a US federal watchdog agency found no evidence that scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationmanipulated climate data to buttress the evidence in support of global warming. Read more at International Herald Tribune
Categories: News
John Elkington on Leadership and Sustainability
Looking ahead towards 2012 with the 25th anniversary of the Brundtland Commission, the 20th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit and the London Olympics at the centre of attention I’m reading the New York Times. The reason for the cold … Continue reading →
Categories: Interviews, Leadership and Sustainability, New Year Reflections
