Carbon War Room Aims to Cut the Barriers to Building Energy Retrofits

Is the new, updated PACE program announced by the Carbon War Room today, which aims to unleash a wave of investment in commercial property retrofits, too good to be true?

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Carbon War Room Aims to Cut the Barriers to Building Energy Retrofits

Why Planning for the Worst is Best in Coping With Climate Risks

How likely is a hurricane strike in New York? According to experts, it’s not a question of whether a major hurricane will hit the Big Apple, but when. Perils Specialist Megan Linkin at Swiss Re examines how climate change could affect America’s largest city.

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Why Planning for the Worst is Best in Coping With Climate Risks

Tony Blair at Climate Week NYC: Optimism, Leadership and Practical Solutions

The former U.K. Prime Minister address government and business leaders at The Climate Group’s Reception this week on how to re-focus business and political energy on climate action.

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Tony Blair at Climate Week NYC: Optimism, Leadership and Practical Solutions

Highlights from the Summit on the New Green Economy

From debunking climate change skeptics to motivating your employees, last week’s conference in Durham, N.C.

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Highlights from the Summit on the New Green Economy

How CDP Leaders are Seizing Climate-Related Business Opportunities

Companies like DuPont and Sky are demonstrating the advantages of seizing the climate change-related opportunities and creating the low carbon technologies of the future.

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Research Reveals 3 Must-Haves for Securing CCS Financing

The finance sector appears ready to invest in the global deployment of carbon capture and storage subject to three prerequisites, according to a new report released today by The Climate Group and Ecofin Research Foundation in New York as part of Climate Week.

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How to Drive Broad Adoption of Electric Cars

Ask a climatologist, or a balance of trade economist, and they will tell you hybrids have yet to make an impact on the emissions profile of the U.S., or on the trade deficit, roughly half of which is accountable to oil importation. To move the needle, we need to change the culture

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How to Drive Broad Adoption of Electric Cars

Why We Need CCS — at Any Cost

Policy makers and thinkers of all varieties around the world these days are grappling with the design of smart, efficient policy; the challenge ahead of them is daunting. Energy demand is rising, especially in developing countries, while at the same time scientists tell us we must dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions or face catastrophic climate change events.

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Now is the Time to Create Climate Wealth

ClimateWeekNYºC is a tremendous opportunity for us to convene as a community and identify the best path for a transition towards a low-carbon economy.

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Now is the Time to Create Climate Wealth

Setting the Stage for Climate Week 2010

One year ago, the world was in a much different state with regards to climate policy. The United States in particular seemed poised to make a world of difference in the run-up to Copenhagen. Here’s where the climate world stands now

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Setting the Stage for Climate Week 2010