New York, June 24 – The American economy could face significant and widespread disruptions from climate change unless U.S. businesses and policymakers take immediate action to reduce climate risk, according to a new report released today. The report, “Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States,” summarizes findings of an independent.
AMSTERDAM, July 22, 2014 - The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced today that it has appointed Michael Meehan, a veteran sustainability CEO and entrepreneur, has been appointed as the organization’s new Chief Executive. Mr. Meehan has built and managed several successful clean-tech businesses and led critical sustainability reporting projects for governments and multinational companies around.
Here, Graham Readfearn reports back on interviews with climate scientists who reveal their bugbears about policy decisions, the media and climate sceptics.
“Don’t shoot the messenger,” so the saying goes. But what if that message warns we might want to rethink that whole fossil fuel burning thing pretty quick because it could seriously alter.
By Brian McNair, Queensland University of Technology
Apocalyptic claims and counter-claims have typified the climate change policy debate in Australia, leaving the public confused and mistrustful. Often, the news media hasn’t always helped clear up that confusion.
Tony Abbott and other senior politicians didn’t always want to axe the.
By Adam Bumpus, University of Melbourne
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The bill to repeal Australia’s “carbon tax” is poised to pass the Senate, potentially leaving Australia without a working price on carbon. In the short term, the.
10 July 2014: Sydney and Melbourne are both addressing climate change threats, the new CDP Cities Report finds. The real and current threat of climate change is driving local governments to take concrete action, so finds Protecting.
Reproduced with permission from RenewEconomy - story by Giles Parkinson, 7 July 2014
As Prime Minister Tony Abbott pushes for the new Senate to repeal the carbon price in its first few days of sitting, his conservative government is coming under new pressure to.
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8 July, 2014: A United Nations (UN) committee has released a report which will pave the way for a UN climate change summit in New York this September, in the lead up to international climate change negotiations at COP 21 in Paris, December.
By Carol A Adams, Monash University
This year’s World Cup was supposed to be the “greenest ever”, with FIFA taking measures to account for the event’s greenhouse gas emissions, including an estimated 2.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
As the biggest sporting event on the planet, FIFA is under pressure to take its.
As of 1 July 2014, the Australian Stock Exchange expects listed companies to report on their ESG risks - environmental and social governance. The following is a speech by Green Building Council of Australia chief executive Romilly Madew on environmental, social and corporate governance, which was presented to the August IPD breakfast series in Sydney.