John Parnell
UNFCCC chief: Rio+20 and climate change talks have common goals
Christiana Figueres stresses that while the Earth Summit is not part of formal climate negotiations, work on both agendas offer positive reinforcement.
Rio+20 Business Focus: Staying grounded about the Carbon Price Floor
Charles Purshouse, Vice President, Carbon Services, Camco North America explains why it is vital the price for carbon is managed effectively if it is to incentivize green growth.
Climate Curate: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
The latest environmental, climate change and green news gathered every day by the RTCC Climate Curate.
G8 leaders sign-up to Obama and Clinton’s climate plan
The world’s eight leading economies join US climate change scheme to reduce short-term “forcers” including methane and soot in developing countries.
Climate Curate: Monday 21st May 2012
The latest environmental, climate change and green news gathered every day by the RTCC Climate Curate.
Bonn 2012: Carbon credit price “lower than a snake’s belly” say critics of new scheme
Opponents slam proposals for new wider reaching carbon credit set-up and call for talks on a new international market mechanism to consider failings of existing system.
Rio+20: What would business do?
The Aldersgate Group brought together a group of corporate leaders including Unilever, Microsoft and PepsiCo, and gave them 100 seconds to pitch an idea for a sustainable future. Food, energy and water security all featured but which would win the day?
Climate Curate: Friday 18th May 2012
The latest environmental, climate change and green news gathered every day by the RTCC Climate Curate.
Burke’s Blog #2: UK energy guru says politicians are major renewables hurdle
Falling costs and improving technology leaves politicians as the major hurdle to renewable energy deployment says Tom Burke, founding director of sustainability consultancy and a former executive director of Friends of the Earth.
Green Climate Fund suffers blow as board’s first meeting delayed
UNFCCC calls for more nominations and urges countries not to drop pace of progress with crucial climate fund.
Climate Curate: Thursday 17th May 2012
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Businesses abandon transport fossil fuels in search of “green fleets”
One in four business leaders are turning to alternative fuels to combat high oil prices and boost environmental protection, according to Grant Thornton study released today.
Rio+20 needs a compass. Will it turn out to be a doughnut?
If Rio+20 is going to put the world on course for sustainable development, it would certainly help if we agreed on where we wanted to go. Oxfam’s Kate Raworth may have the answer…
Climate Curate: Wednesday 16th May 2012
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Has big business moved beyond green wash?
As Microsoft imposes an in-house carbon price on itself and Coca-Cola tops the sustainability charts, is climate change action now an integrated part of everyday operations or merely good PR?
Planet’s “health” has declined since first Rio Earth Summit
Living Planet Index has declined 30% since 1970 as WWF calls for change of pace in the response at Rio+20.
Planet’s largest cities commit to measuring and reporting emissions
At the ICLEI Resilient Cities conference in Bonn, 40 of the world’s most populous cities have launched a programme to measure, report and verify their carbon emissions.
Climate Curate: Tuesday 15th May 2012
The latest environmental, climate change and green news gathered every day by the RTCC Climate Curate.
Rio 1992: Did you sign the “Pledge Wall”?
Thousands of delegates at the Earth Summit in 1992 pledged to make the planet a better home for future generations. RTCC wants to hear how the original signatories think they are doing.
We must close gaps on funding and ambition: UN climate change chief
As negotiations resume in Bonn, the head of the UNFCCC Christiana Figueres says key issues of finance and ambition must be resolved this year.