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Carbon Capitalism

Climate Week NYC 2011 Jump Starts The Clean Revolution

September 26, 2011

Climate Week NYC 2011 was held during September 19-26 in New York City with some of the world’s leading businesses and governments when it comes to green initiatives in attendance. For this third annual conference, widely publicized events were held throughout the week promoting the economic benefits of tackling climate change especially through public-private partnerships. [...]

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Global Forum on Low-Carbon Business Growth Hosted By CDP

September 15, 2011

In conjunction with the release of its latest round of annual reports, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) hosted a global forum on changing business practices in the face of climate change. The Forum, themed “Forging Sustainable, Profitable Business Growth,” was hosted by Paul Dickinson, Executive Chairman of CDP,and gathered leaders from around the world via [...]

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California Carbon Market Presented With Optimistic Outlook

August 30, 2011

Carbon cap and trade is coming to California! Despite some legal troubles faced by the state over the past six months, the central message of a recent workshop was that progress continues to be made on the design and implementation of the economy-wide cap & trade program for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The carbon trading [...]

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Green Investment Bank to Finance Low Carbon Economy in UK

May 27, 2011

Climate Change Capital and Nortan Rose Group recently hosted Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nick Clegg MP, and Director-General of CBI, John Cridland, for an event focused on Green Growth. This was a monumental gathering as the Deputy Prime Minister laid out details for how the U.K. government would quickly create an effective and [...]

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Carbon Capitalism: A Panel Discussion for Climate Ride

April 29, 2011

Net Impact will be co-hosting Carbon Capitalism: Embracing Market-Based Solutions to Climate Change, a panel discussion with leading experts in the field of carbon markets and climate policy followed by a Q&A session with the audience. The event will be held Thursday, May 5th from 6:00-8:00 PM on the George Washington University Campus in Washington [...]

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Carbon Forum North America Being Held in Washington D.C.

March 13, 2011

I’ll be attending the International Emissions Trading Association’s 2011 Carbon Forum North America on March 14th and 15th here in Washington DC. This is the cornerstone conference for those interested in North American government policies impacting carbon markets and carbon compliance. For a preview of the types of discussions that will be had at the [...]

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Barclays Shows ‘Green Bonds’ Are Key Source of Carbon Capital

February 14, 2011

Barclays, in conjunction with Accenture, earlier this month released a significant and timely report entitled Carbon Capital: Financing the Low Carbon Economy. This publication outlines the various sources of financing that are necessary to scale up the development and procurement of low carbon technology (LCT) key to mitigate global climate change. The findings of the report are [...]

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Climate Action Reserve Presents Cap-and-Trade in California

January 30, 2011

The Climate Action Reserve hosted a webinar last week entitled “Special Topics Series: Cap-and-Trade in California” to present the latest developments in the implementation of this pioneering program dedicated to combating global warming. Brieanne Aguila from the California Air Resources Board was the guest speaker of the webinar and spoke from her own experience of [...]

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BlueNext Presents US-China Low Carbon Economy Conference

December 16, 2010

The Second Annual US-China Low Carbon Economy Conference was held this past week at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) featuring an impressive line up of climate leaders. As a gathering of the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world, the speakers and panelists explored the approaches being taken by each country in an [...]

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Webcasts Bring UN Climate Negotiations to the World

December 13, 2010

The organizing body of the global climate change negotiations wholeheatedly embraced webcasting technology this year giving people from around the world unprecedented access to plenary sessions, press conferences, and side events in Cancun. On the official COP16/CMP6 website, the UNFCCC provides a whole host of resources and multimedia for interested parties to explore in their [...]

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