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Climate Change Risks Are Hiding in Investment Portfolios, Gore Says
2013-10-30 05:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The United States has no national tax or price on carbon dioxide pollution. That doesn't mean it doesn't cost investors anything there or elsewhere, says former Vice President Al Gore. He and David Blood, co-founders of Generation Investment Management, this morning published a new paper explaining the evolution of their thinking on "sustainable capitalism," and how investors can lessen their financial risks from climate change. Gore and I spoke on Oct. 17. Q: What are the hidden costs of carbon?...
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Climate change puts a third of global economy at risk
2013-10-30 04:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: Around one-third of the world's economy by 2025 will be based in countries at "high" or "extreme" risk from the economic impact of climate change, according to risk consultancy Maplecroft. Thirty-one percent or $44 trillion of output will be based in countries classified as most at risk from climate change in Maplecroft's Climate Change Vulnerability Index, which considered a nation's exposure to extreme weather events over the next 30 years alongside its capacity to cope with the impact. "Future...
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Australia: Emissions target inadequate, says Climate Change Authority
2013-10-30 02:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Advocate: Australia's greenhouse gas reduction target of 5 per cent this decade is inadequate and should be increased to at least 15 per cent, according to the agency set up to advise the government on climate change policy. In a draft report that is likely to ignite further debate about the Abbott government's policies, the Climate Change Authority said Australia should aim for a 15 per cent cut in emissions by 2020 compared with 2000 levels as a ''minimum option''. The authority, which the Coalition...
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Brazil to Minimize Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
2013-10-30 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
BRAZIL- Agriculture Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) have signed a joint statement to minimize the negative effects of climate change on security food.
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BRIC Countries Agree to Minimise Climate Change Impacts
2013-10-30 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Agriculture Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) have signed a joint statement in Brazil to minimise the negative effects of climate change on agriculture and food security.
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