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The global consensus on climate change and growing urgency among governments to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions means that carbon is rapidly becoming a liability across all business activities. How does that translate for those making or managing investments? The bottom line is that carbon now represents a risk to the value of holdings and portfolios. It is ...
In a low carbon economy corporations, institutions, cities and governments will all need to measure their carbon impact on an ongoing basis. This calls for a new function, that of Enterprise Carbon Management. It also demands software to manage the generation, hedging and reduction of carbon exposure.
‘A fine, commonsense guide to the often bewildering topic of carbon offsetting.’ Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers
Want to understand carbon offsetting better? Our book explains the science, the economics, and the powerful environmental reasons to turn to offsetting, particularly tree-planting, ...
This is an in-depth analysis of how greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions can best be achieved by reduced deforestation, reduced logging, and forest management project activities.
One of the frequently repeated claims in American politics – used often by those advocating the impossibility of effective action on climate change – is that China has “caught up” on greenhouse gas emissions, thus rendering useless any steps we might take ourselves.
Even smart, well-intentioned people repeat this claim without much critical distance. But it’s worth unpacking all this
Globe and Mail
EDMONTON — Alberta should not approve as many as six more oil sands upgraders near Edmonton until the province has a solid plan to limit the huge amount of fresh water they will use and to better manage the pollution they will produce, a new study says.
Globe and Mail
Article discusses the response of BC to the new carbon tax, put into action today. Highlights some of the many problems associated with implementing the kind of social and political changes that will bring real reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.