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Ask Not What the Climate Can Do for You, But What It Can Do for Your Portfolio
Investors meet at U.N. to discuss how to stay wealthy amid climate change |
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15 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:28 AM on 15 Feb 2008 Nearly 500 corporate leaders and institutional investors representing $20 trillion in capital met at the United Nations Thursday to discuss the risks and opportunities presented by climate change. The gathering called itself the largest ever meeting of investment types specifically convened to discuss climate ch ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Work It
Climate change could put millions out of work, says U.N. |
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13 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 10:15 AM on 13 Nov 2007 Not only is climate change not a hoax manufactured by dirty hippies who hope to put every American out of a job, global warming is real enough to, um, put millions of people out of jobs, United Nations officials said yesterday. At a meeting of the International Labor Organization, the heads of the U.N. climate and weather agencies noted that work in the tourism and fisheries industries could be par ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, climate change impacts, green jobs, news, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Stewards Jolly
Mega-corporations sign U.N.-sponsored climate compact |
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06 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Stewards Jolly Mega-corporations sign U.N.-sponsored climate compact More than 150 companies, including Ikea, Unilever, and Coca-Cola, have signed a U.N.-sponsored climate declaration that commits them to setting and reporting on emissions-reduction goals, while asking governments to enact a post-Kyoto, market-based plan. OK, it's a voluntary pact with a touchy-feely name -- "Caring f ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, greening biz operations, news, United Nations (all these topics) |
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