All Climate Change articles – Page 11
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Online onlyEPA declares $4.6bn clean air settlement
American utility company agrees to cut air pollutants, pay $15m penalty and spend $60m to mitigate emissions
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Online onlyMerrill Lynch & Trucost launch the carbon leaders Europe index
New index focuses on best in class carbon footprint companies
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Online onlyBe worried, be very worried…
This stark heading from a special issue of ‘Time’ on global warming acted as the backdrop to the introduction of yesterday morning’s workshop on climate change and its economic and social impacts
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Online onlyWWF calls for clear targets and early action on climate change
Agreement to build on the Kyoto Protocol
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Online onlyIRM: Climate change still not a priority
Climate change is still not a critical issue for business, finds an IRM poll
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AnalysisAre firms prepared for emerging risks?
Fortune 1000 companies may not be taking a long term view of risk management and preparing accordingly for emerging risks
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Environmental crime doesn’t pay shows new report
Courts handed out more than 11 years behind bars, millions in court fines and more than 240 days of community service
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European Round-upEC consults on sustainable industry
The European Commission has just completed a consultation on sustainable consumption and production and sustainable industrial policy. It will use the contributions received to prepare action plans on these topics. In a background document, the EC noted that current patterns of consumption and production are leading to the rapid depletion ...
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Online onlyMore CO2 makes plants less thirsty and boosts river levels
New research suggests higher carbon dioxide levels will increase river levels in the future
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Research reveals business leaders top emerging risks concerns
Fortune 1000 executives fear a lack of access to fresh water more than a pandemic disease outbreak
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Online onlyStudy: UK employers show mixed environmental performance
70% of HR professionals admit that their organisation could do more
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Leakey shares insight on climate change
Entire communities may ultimately have to move because there is no water
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Online onlyAIR founder launches risk consulting firm
Applied Insurance Research founder announces the formation of a new independent firm
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More hurricanes on the way
Study finds that global warming is causing more frequent hurricanes
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Europe must tackle "double challenge" of climate change
European Commission publishes Green Paper detailing steps to help Europe adapt to climate change
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Chemical industry calls for debate on environmental and economic issues
Chemical Industries Association has urged employers and unions to take the lead on environmental and economic issues
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AnalysisFace up to climate change
Companies need to face up to the realities of climate change and the risks that it poses to their long term interests. Environment and Climate Change Minister Ian Pearson, addressing a meeting of US businesses in New York on 9 May, said that a business's vulnerability to the threats of ...
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EU and US meet to discuss energy and climate change
Andris Piebalgs and Nancy Pelosi discuss the challenges of energy security and climate change
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Features
Lighthill Risk Network: a community of expertise
April 2007 sees the launch of the Lighthill Risk Network, an international community that will link business and research. By Paul Wilson and Peter Taylor
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Extreme weather and commodity prices
Extreme weather conditions and natural or man-made disasters usually cause a blip in commodity prices. How big a shift and how long it lasts depend on many factors. By Hugh Craig and Lee Coppack
