Yesterday (June 4 2015), the world’s biggest furniture dealer IKEA announced that it plans to spend 1 billion Euros ($1.13 billion) on renewable energy projects and strategies to assist poor countries to manage climate change. Chief Executive Peter Agnefjall was adamant that prices at their...
The heat wave in India which has killed more than 2,300 people to date has been declared the fifth worst in history. If it kills an additional 241 people, it will become the fourth worst and the deadliest in Indian history. As temperatures in India...
On the first day of the Bonn meeting on Monday, June 1 2015, France called for a pre-Paris agreement to be struck by October, and urged the Paris Summit in December to add the finishing touches. China’s lead envoy in Bonn Su Wei played the...
Last Friday May 29 2015, the heads of BP, Shell, BG Group, Statoil, Eni and Total wrote a joint letter to UN Climate Chief Christina Figueres. Aware of the critical challenge that climate change presents for the world, they wanted her to know that they...
In his keynote address at the Business and Climate Summit, French President Francois Hollande echoed a message from hundreds of global businesses who support ambitious climate policies. Carbon pricing is essential to move to a low carbon economy according to Hollande, and during the Summit...
France’s Environment Minister Segolene Royal has stated that developing countries are awaiting the offers of richer nations ahead of the Paris negotiations in December this year. Minister Royal will be playing a leading role in the UN conference given that the French Government is working...
The London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC) is currently drawing up plans to create a clean-tech hub in an area of west London that is currently under-utilised. LSDC advises the London Mayor on the city’s low carbon economy, and is hoping that large green companies from...
According to a Reuters report on May 28 2015, financial markets have not yet grasped the urgent need to invest in initiatives to protect the public and businesses from climate change, particularly in the face of mounting evidence that the impacts will be more severe...
