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Although some nations are urging world leaders to stick with an extended Kyoto Protocol, skeptics are aware that its reliance on carbon markets have failed to stimulate major reductions in emissions; delegates and business leaders are searching for an alternative to the carbon marketplace.
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Business leaders taking part in the first half of the climate conference know they can take practical steps that deliver emissions much more rapidly than broad targets set by policy makers.
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At the end of his life, George Orwell wrote a brilliant short essay called "You and the A-Bomb." In two pages, he summed up why the A-Bomb changed his life in industrial society. It is the same now with climate change. You and climate change are forever different.
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I'm reading Gavin Menzies' fascinating book "1421" and was thinking about the challenges of early explorers: How do you get somewhere without a compass or a map? And if you could have only one, which would you prefer?
by Rob Watson
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I'm reading Gavin Menzies' fascinating book "1421" and was thinking about the challenges of early explorers: How do you get somewhere without a compass or a map? And if you could have only one, which would you prefer?
by Rob Watson
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The Coca-Cola Company's vision of developing a 100 percent renewably sourced, carbon-neutral container has led to its design of the PlantBottle, a recyclable PET vessel that's 30 percent sourced from Brazilian sugar cane and molasses.
by Marc Gunther
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As 2009 sputters to an end, it's perhaps unsurprising that we're in the midst of a torrent of studies and findings that all offer some roadmap of where to go from here.
by Joel Makower
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A new report explores a variety of climate tipping points, explaining what it would take to reach and pass them, how close we are to them, and what the consequences would be, particularly for the insurance sector.<br />
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If climate regulation will burden businesses or increase costs, then why are so many companies strengthening their voluntary response to the climate crisis in the midst of an economic downturn?
by Marc Gunther
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In an effort to address social equity issues in the sustainability movement, the Green Building Foundation has launched with a goal of "bringing the environmental, economic and social advantages of green buildings to those who can least afford them,"<br />
the new organization says.
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Johnson Controls Inc. has honored building science thought-leader Philip Fairey with the firm's Building Efficiency Lifetime Leadership Award for his three decades of wide-ranging research, innovation and standards development involving energy and energy efficiency.
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The International Energy Agency on Tuesday called on world leaders to strike a deal to address climate change, warning that the current business-as-usual scenario is unsustainable and will lead to skyrocketing energy demand, price spikes and up to a 6 degree temperature rise.
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One year after setting a goal to cut corporate emissions by 8 percent before 2013, Diversey CEO today announced the company had already surpassed that target, and upped the goal to a 25 percent reduction in the same time frame.
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At the U.N. Climate Change talks in Barcelona this week, industry experts are calling on policymakers to find ways to spur investments in information technologies that can help cut companies' and countries' greenhouse gas emissions.
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Let me state my bias upfront: I'm am admirer of GE. But I can't help but be struck by the extent to which the firm's clean energy businesses depend on federal and state tax and regulatory policy, along with grants and loans from the government.
by Marc Gunther
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Two sets of rankings released in the last week aim to gauge the greening of the nation's colleges and universities. But it's in the gap between the rankings that the most interesting results are found.
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When it comes to addressing climate change, including measuring and reducing its carbon footprint, Whirlpool leads the pack in the large appliance sector, according to a new analysis. Similarly, Steelcase leaves other furniture makers in the dust for sharing its efforts to measure climate change impacts with the public and setting clear goals to reduce its energy use and emissions.
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In the latest sign that China takes the threat of global warming seriously, Chinese business executives with close ties to the government have launched a voluntary market in Beijing to buy and sell carbon credits.
by Marc Gunther
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At the World Dairy Summit yesterday, industry associations from around the world signed a pact to reduce emissions associated with milk production, as well as develop and share innovations for lower-impact milk processing, packaging and distribution.
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Green building materials maker <a href='http://www.seriousmaterials.com/'>Serious Materials </a>has raised $60 million in a third round of funding, bringing its total raised to more than $120 million, the company said today.<br />
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The 100 kilowatt solar energy system was constructed through a partnership between Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, the State of Vermont's Clean Energy Development Fund and Green Mountain Power, a utility that provides a quarter of the state's electricity.
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The president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy discusses his work on Reducing Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation (REDD), a crucial strategy for dealing with climate change and a key element of forthcoming climate policy.
by Marc Gunther
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There's some good news amid the economic carnage. Our recent survey of more than 600 companies found increasing headcount for environmental and sustainability positions along with greater spending by environmental, health and safety (EHS) departments at large corporations.
by John Davies
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The Green Century Balanced Fund is betting there is, and says it is the first U.S.-based fund to disclose its carbon footprint, which is 66 percent less than the carbon intensity of the S&P500 Index.
by Marc Gunther
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Facing an unprecedented global economic downturn, environmental issues of similar scale and a loss of trust, Business for Social Responsibility lays out its progress and goals for the future in its second annual report.