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Study: Consumers Don’t Care About The Environment
Knowing how much consumers care about the environment is important since their purchases can make a difference for our planet. An added benefit is that data can give valuable insight into whether consumers have an interest in purchasing sustainable products which, in turn, ensures that brands and companies will continue rolling out environmentally friendly products. [...]
Progress Made at Rio+20 Earth Summit
The lofty purpose of the Rio+20 Earth Summit was to “establish an institutional framework for sustainable development and to establish a green economy.. While not legally binding, the document that emerges from Rio+20 will serve as a roadmap for sustainable development.” With that kind of set up, the conference couldn’t help but disappoint – let’s [...]
Climate Bonds: Coming Soon to A Broker Near You
Over the past two years, The Climate Bonds Initiative has been creating a new class of bonds that can finance a rapid transition globally to a low-carbon economy. “Bonds have allowed us to finance the building of Europe’s sewer systems, the growth of America’s highway system, and the financing of two World Wars. We can now [...]
Survey: Americans are Convinced of Climate Change
Americans are increasingly convinced of the veracity of climate change. In 2009 two thirds of Americans believed that climate change was real, then that number declined to just over 50 percent in 2010. Now, according to a poll released at the end of February, 2012, almost percent of Americans accept the fact that climate change [...]
The Global Climate and Renewable Energy
Since 2009, lower fuel and energy prices created some tough uphill conditions for renewable energy. Despite these powerful headwinds renewable energy installations have increased over the last few years. In 2012, the wider economic and political conditions are likely to worsen for renewable energy. One of the most difficult obstacles will be the reduction of [...]
Top Four Climate Studies of 2011
The Washington Post reports that 2011 was an “extraordinarily turbulent” year for the Earth’s climate system. In the US there were record breaking extremes, from tornados to droughts. Two studies revealed how a warmer world is increasing the likelihood of heavy precipitation events. An Environment Canada study, found that the growing amount of heat-trapping gases [...]
Summer ’11: Historic Heat in the U.S
Persistent, scorching heat in the central and eastern regions of the US shattered long-standing daily and monthly temperature records last month, making it the fourth warmest July on record nationally, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. The heat exacerbated drought conditions, resulting in the largest “exceptional” drought footprint in the 12-year history [...]
Climate Change Takes it Toll on Insurers in 2010
Munich Re, one of the largest reinsurance companies in the world, released its annual report on natural disasters Monday. This past year was thesixth-highest in total losses for insurers since 1980 and also anindication that climate change isn’t an issue for the future, but something that needs to be addressed right now. Total insured losses [...]
The Cancun Climate Agreements at COP16
The climate agreements at COP16 in Cancun, Mexico included short andlong-term finance, transparency of financial contributions, and theestablishment of the Climate Fund. The Green Climate Fund, (akathe Global Climate Fund or the Copenhagen Green Climate Fund) willdeliver support for urgent climate actions like reducing emissionsthrough protecting forests, and shifting to greener energy technologies. Newly established [...]