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Carbon trading slides again
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Emissions from an Estonian power station: Without ambitious climate targets, carbon prices will remain lowImage: By Ivo Kruusamägi via Wikimedia Commons By Kieran Cooke Carbon...
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Coastal flooding ‘may cost $100,000 bn a year by 2100′
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The only way is up: A rapid start on cutting emissions is essentialImage: Jan Smith via Wikimedia Commons By Tim Radford On the world’s present course, the cost by 2100 of...
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If it walks like a duck, it probably is climate change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The morning after the storm: Aberystwyth in west Wales has borne the brunt this turbulent winterImage: Ian Capper via Wikimedia Commons By Phil Rothwell As debate rages over the...
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‘Forget the cost – tackle climate anyway’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Devastation surrounds Table Mountain: “Act on climate change at any cost to keep a habitable world”Image: Dewet via Wikimedia Commons By Alex Kirby Forget the cost of mitigating...
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US companies doze as climate change threatens
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Corporate America is not keeping up with fast-changing economic and scientific reality, the researchers say Image: Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia, via Wikimedia Commons By...
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Climate worries insurers and military
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The US Navy helps with the clean-up in New York state after Superstorm Sandy in 2012Image: US Navy via Wikimedia Commons By Alex Kirby Powerful voices in finance and the armed...
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Insurance leaders pack climate punch
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Under-insured: sandbags to try to stop flooding after extreme rainfall in the USImage: Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA via Wikimedia Commons By Kieran Cooke The heavyweights of the...
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Climate puts US at risk of multi-billion bill
Overheated economy: US crops such as cotton face a 20% drop in yield Image: Wars via Wikimedia Commons By Alex Kirby A study of the possible cost of climate change to the US economy warns government...
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Critics refute assets claim by ‘Orwellian’ Shell
Clouded view? Sunset over a flare stack at a Shell oil refinery in the UK Image: S Parish/geograph.org.uk via Wikimedia Commons By Alex Kirby The world’s biggest oil company has been accused of...
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Ignoring climate risks could sink US economy
Harsh reminder: devastation after Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana in 2005 Image: Infrogmation via Wikimedia Commons By Alex Kirby Failure to factor immediate action on climate change into American...
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US climate change debate heats up
Skiing tourism areas such as Colorado are being hit by warmer winters Image: DebateLord at Wikimedia Commons By Kieran Cooke Groups for and against US government plans for new regulations aimed at...
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Plan to make renewables cheaper than coal within 10 years
Solar power in India: Could renewables answer the world’s energy needs?Image: Bkwcreator via Wikimedia Commons By Alex Kirby Three weeks before the UN Secretary-General’s extraordinary meeting of...
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Climate action and economies can grow together
Working together: investing in renewables such as solar energy can spur economic activity Image: Alex Snyder/Wayne National Forest via Wikimedia Commons By Kieran Cooke A new global commission report...
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Investor heavyweights call for clear action on climate
Falling costs make renewables such as solar energy competitive in the US without subsidy Image: US Bureau of Land Management via Wikimedia Commons By Kieran Cooke As a major UN climate summit gets...
View ArticleInvestor heavyweights call for clear action on climate
As a major UN climate summit gets under way in New York today, some of the world’s leading institutional investors demand clearer policies on climate change and the phasing out of fossil fuel...
View ArticleOutlook palls for fossil fuel investments
Warnings within the world of high finance are coming thick and fast that the increasingly urgent need to combat climate change means investors could lose heavily by sinking funds into coal, oil and...
View ArticleObama pledge gets dollars flowing into climate fund
Many developing countries are already suffering the impacts of climate change, but a special fund to help them adapt to a warming world has been bolstered by promises of billions of dollars from...
View ArticleKey role urged on central banks in climate fight
In the aftermath of the 2008/9 global financial crisis central banks around the world pumped billions of dollars into the monetary system to safeguard the world economy. Now they are being asked to do...
View ArticleGlobal finance must face up to climate challenge
Trillions of dollars need to be redirected into building low-carbon economies to avoid serious climate change, the UN warns. LONDON, 27 May, 2015 − The world’s financial system must undergo...
View ArticleApollo initiative asks for the moon in switch to renewables
Eminent group urges governments to make the massive research investment that would enable the world to move from fossil fuels to renewable energy by 2025. LONDON, 3 June, 2015 − The vision is simple,...
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