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Critics of George Bush say he has led us into a quagmire in Iraq during the last decade from which we will never emerge. They say his way of doing business led to all the disagreements visible in the Copenhagen climate talks. They're wrong.<br />
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A few inconvenient truths about money and property underlie most of the topics on the tongues of negotiators and business people alike -- truths that are largely the reason that a complete, detailed world climate agreement could not be reached there.
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The U.S., China, Brazil, India and South Africa reached a modest climate change agreement in Copenhagen late Friday that aims to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius and address several other issues that had deadlocked the talks over the last two weeks.
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We need to find more creative ways to communicate about the climate crisis. An example is the beautiful three-minute film from Maya Lin, which made its debut at a gala on behalf of REDD organized by the Coalition for Rainforest Nations.
by Marc Gunther
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This is my last post for 2009 and I wanted to thank all of our readers for visiting the GreenerBuildings.com site and for your kind words, encouragement and constructive criticism. I really enjoy hearing from you and always learn something
by Rob Watson
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We have not accepted the scale of the problem, nor have we established the political conditions necessary to fix the problem when we do. Yet Copenhagen does signify the shift between two eras, and if you watch carefully, you can see the new world emerging.
by Paul Gilding
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The U.N. hekd an unusually uplifting dinner last night that featured heavyweights Ban Ki Moon, Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry, each of whom laid out their vision for a deal at COP-15 and a climate bill next spring in the U.S. They are convinced that we will have an international agreement and an American bill, both of which can lead to the innovations we need to change the chemistry of the atmosphere that we have tampered with so severely.
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On buses, in hallways, in long lines outside the Bella Center, participants are all talking about the explosion in financing and carbon trading that is needed to dramatically reduce the pollution causing climate change.
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While serious discussion has taken place at the U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen, the lack of any concrete policy so far shouldn't stop us from making real progress when it comes to providing cleaner, smarter, more efficient energy options.
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Despite an increasing sense of frustration and disappointment among delegates at COP15, the "big beasts" arrive today, and will hopefully address the final five obstacles to hammering out a meaningful agreement in Denmark.
by Peter Lacy
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Conditional backing for E.U. funding proposal offered, in return for Chinese concessions on greenhouse gas emissions transparency
by James Murray
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A major issue facing the COP15 delegates is how to improve upon the CDM and REDD protocols for offset trading. A benchmark approach offers a way to increase not just the quality but also the quantity of offsets available.
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With help from property management firm Cushman & Wakefield, the 38-story First Market Tower in San Francisco has earned LEED-Gold certification and become the largest existing building on the U.S. West Coast to receive such a rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Scientific Conservation, which unleashed its powerhouse SCIwatch automated continuous commissioning software-as-a-solution service this summer, has struck up an alliance with Natural Logic, a firm that's made its mark as a sustainability consultancy.
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With so many variables in play, what can a company do to save energy? Some are reducing energy consumption with measures that range from the relatively simple to more complicated structural improvements. And many are considering software as a solution.
by Val Haskell
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Energy efficiency giant Johnson Controls has joined The Climate Group, the international nonprofit focused on finding smart policies and technologies to cut global emissions and advance development of a low-carbon economy.
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Amid the declarations and speeches, however, it is important to remember that even the best possible Copenhagen outcome will be a waypoint, not an endpoint, and one that must lead to a legally binding climate agreement, concluded in 2010.
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Climate change reporting may not grab attention in the same way as Schwarzenegger's arrival in Copenhagen does, but it has emerged as a critical area of focus. It is both necessary and important to gain some convergence between corporate and national regulatory reporting systems. Without it, global businesses will be subject to considerable challenges as they face an increasing number of reporting requirements around the world.
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We have all seen the numbers. If we're serious about reducing the environmental impact of buildings, addressing energy independence, using renewable energy resources, conserving water and slowing waste streams, we must make greening existing buildings a greater priority. <br />
by Ari Kobb
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Smart meters and distributed renewable generation technologies are part of a flagship project announced today in Perth; the partnership between IBM and Western Power will also bring discounts on energy-efficient products to Australian homes.
by Tom Young
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The trumped-up "Climate Gate" scandal has drawn an inordinate amount of attention during the Copenhagen meetings, with climate change deniers using fairly innocuous evidence of a few researchers squabbling to question the integrity of all climate science.
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Better Place CEO Shai Agassi is aiming high in his goals to bring affordable, zero-emission, plug-in electric vehicles to the masses; although skeptics think it's more talk than action, there seems to be plenty of action taking place.
by Marc Gunther
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As if in response to yesterdays blog about feeling the pressure, Gordon Brown will grace COP15 with his presence a day early, the Governator is already walking the halls, none of the parties negotiating the fine detail of the treaties had much sleep last night and are shipping in industrial strength coffee for this evening.
by Miles Austin
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Based upon the severity of the issues at hand and the global significance of a potential climate change agreement, it is no surprise that thousands from around the world have convened in Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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Following on the release earlier this year of a report outlining how information technology can enable a low-carbon future, the Climate Group this week launched a project to keep the IT industry on course.