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To clear up air quality, Hong Kong looks to the sea

...11. Civic Exchange has begun its own survey, scheduled for release in 2012, of the health effects of pollutants released by vessels in the Pearl River Delta. A 2009 report led by James J. Corbett, a p...

29 Nov 2010

To clear up air quality, Hong Kong looks to the sea

News / Policy & Finance

Asia begins embracing solar power

...15 percent down payment on a loan for a small solar home lighting system — which typically costs 8,500 to 11,000 rupees — is beyond the reach of many families, Mr. Hande said. In developing nations li...

26 Sep 2010

Asia begins embracing solar power

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Outlook for carbon markets uncertain, by Chris Tobias

...10-15 at least through 2012. Under such conditions, he anticipates that EU demand will be the key price driver. Prices would be more robust if there was one unified market for global trading, he said....

10 Jul 2010

Outlook for carbon markets uncertain, by Chris Tobias

News / Carbon & Climate

Carbon credits bring Lakshmi Mittal £1bn bonanza

...1 billion windfall from a European scheme to curb global warming. His company ArcelorMittal, the steel business where he is chairman and chief executive, will make the gain on “carbon credits” given t...

6 Dec 2009

Carbon credits bring Lakshmi Mittal £1bn bonanza

News / Policy & Finance

Heat increases on NZ Govt to delay start of carbon trading

...13 review to 2011. Don Nicholson of Federated Farmers said his organisation did not sign the letter but "would have been very supportive" if given the opportunity. He indicated that Federated Farmers ...

7 Apr 2010

Heat increases on NZ Govt to delay start of carbon trading

News / Policy & Finance

China winning renewable energy race

...19 billion. “Within the past 18 months, China has become the undisputed global leader in attracting new investment dollars,” Ethan Zindler, head of policy analysis at New Energy Finance, recently told...

23 Sep 2010

China winning renewable energy race

News / Policy & Finance

Major economies focus on finance at climate meeting

...10 total $1.3 billion and that the Obama administration has requested $1.9 billion for fiscal year 2011. The funds include support for the U.S. administration's pledge to provide $1 billion for the U....

20 Apr 2010

Major economies focus on finance at climate meeting

News / Waste

Green buildings now more critical for real estate execs

...1-10 percent), and another 21 percent indicated that they would only be willing to pay a premium rent if it was offset by lower operating costs. CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle 2009 sustainabili...

10 Nov 2009

Green buildings now more critical for real estate execs

News / Food & Agriculture

Road to sustainable palm oil fraught with challenges

...1 plantation companies that have gained RSPO certification represent an annual production of 3.2 million tonnes, a fraction of the 21 million tonnes Indonesia produced in 2009. And not all of it is fi...

4 Dec 2010

Road to sustainable palm oil fraught with challenges

Opinion / Energy

Trading anti-pollution controls for low cost

...10 per cent a year. Three independent projects are due to come on line in 2011 to 2012, including Paiton Energy's giant 815MW unit and Sumitomo's 660MW Cirebon plant, both with super-critical boilers,...

19 Jun 2010

Trading anti-pollution controls for low cost

News / Energy

Wen reassures foreign firms

...10) "The forced disclosure of know-how...does not exactly correspond to our views of a partnership." Jurgen Hambrecht, Chairman, BASF AG (July 17, 2010) "Foreign companies have faced problems in China...

14 Sep 2010

Wen reassures foreign firms

News / Food & Agriculture

Sinar Mas should prove all plantations sustainable: Activists

...1 billion tons to carbon dioxide emissions per year, half of the country’s total emissions. The Association of Indonesian Palm Oil Producers (Gapki) accused the foreign environmental groups of continu...

13 Apr 2010

Sinar Mas should prove all plantations sustainable: Activists

News / Carbon & Climate

Japan aims to pass climate bill by yr-end UN talks

...11, aiming to launch a compulsory carbon market either in 2012 or in 2013. Eisaku Toda, director of the environment ministry's market mechanism office, said experts and industry officials have been di...

16 Jun 2010

Japan aims to pass climate bill by yr-end UN talks

News / Carbon & Climate

World economic growth at odds with climate targets

...1% in 2010, compared to growth of 1.5% in the eurozone, 3% in the US and Japan and 3.5% globally. "The constraints on the strength of the global recovery over the next couple of years look set to bite...

26 Jan 2010

World economic growth at odds with climate targets

News / Energy

Electricity companies thrilled and worried about electric cars

...10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) on electricity will use about 2,500 kilowatt-hours, a 20 percent increase over the average annual consumption of a U.S. home. At an average utility rate of 11 cents pe...

23 Nov 2010

Electricity companies thrilled and worried about electric cars

News / Policy & Finance

Food policies ensure food security

...1 at Hotel Istana.

28 Oct 2010

Food policies ensure food security

News / Carbon & Climate

New deal unlikely this year: De Boer

...11 summit in South Africa, a year before the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Bickering between industrialized and developing countries over emissions cuts and financial assistance were blamed for the ...

27 Feb 2010

New deal unlikely this year: De Boer

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Ensuring REDD is not mere pulp fiction, by Michael Richardson

...1 billion (S$1.4 billion) to fund the programme. This will mirror similar schemes in Brazil and other major tropical forest nations in South America, Africa, Asia and the South Pacific. A group of dev...

7 Jun 2010

Ensuring REDD is not mere pulp fiction, by Michael Richardson

News / Carbon & Climate

Half of money managers ignore climate risks: survey

...1 trillion in assets, have been pressing the SEC to require companies to disclose climate-related risks. SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter, one of five members who makes decisions on federal securities r...

7 Jan 2010

Half of money managers ignore climate risks: survey

Press Releases / Eco-Business

The Climate Group and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation host Electric Vehicle (EV) leadership summit at Shanghai’s World EXPO 2010

...10 to explore how the world's biggest and smallest countries are hoping to turn the world’s 1 billion vehicle fleet electric. The summary findings of a new report by The Climate Group “Towards Market ...

4 May 2010

The Climate Group and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation host Electric Vehicle (EV) leadership summit at Shanghai’s World EXPO 2010

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