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Climate Scientists and Finance Experts to Collaborate on Study of the Value of Climate Information to Financial Decisions

   The American Meteorological Society (AMS) will assemble leading members of the climate science and finance communities June 3-4, 2013 in Washington DC to explore climate information needs for financial decision-making. AMS will present the workshop in partnership with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). The event is supported, in ... keep reading

Written by Celsias today, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Weather

This is What People Power Looks Like

  Carbon dioxide might be getting close to the infamous 400 parts per million (ppm) but here at Mosaic we’re finding hope in what we’re calling the 800 investors per million. That’s the number of people who have invested in our largest solar project ever, a 487 kW ... keep reading

Written by Lisa Curtis/Solar Mosaic this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Solar

Climate Risk, Displacement and Adaptability

  In March of 2006, I drove to Biloxi Mississippi to see the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Unlike the flooded homes, black mold and chaos in New Orleans, Biloxi’s coastal infrastructure was completely wiped off the map. Driving along the beachfront road, lonely foundation slabs were the only evidence of ... keep reading

Written by Rayna Gordon-Hellman this week, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather

The Ever-changing Global Solar Market

  The solar energy market is constantly shifting and there is no doubt about that. Photovoltaic (PV) energy was once considered expensive and inefficient but that is no longer the case. Advancements in solar technology are constantly improving (at an exponential rate) but the real industry focus seems to be on ... keep reading

Written by Felix Krause this week, about Climate Change, Economics, Emissions, Green energy, Industry & Business, Solar

Storm of the Century, Every Two Years?

    To protect New York City from the increasing number of flooding events expected in the next century—similar to Hurricane Sandy—the city needs to consider a costly and invasive option: permanent evacuation of communities in the lowest-lying areas and massive barriers around the city that will cost billions of ... keep reading

Written by Celsias this month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Weather

Eco Homes – The Houses That Keep on Giving

Head down South in the UK and you will find a tiny corner of Plymouth called Bickleigh Down, the place where the first ever eco village will be built! Developers have received planning permission to build 91 properties on the seven acre site comprising of three, four and five bedroom ... keep reading

Written by Meredith Watts this month, about Children and Families, Economics, Green energy, Lifestyle & Behavior, Solar

World Bank Sounds Alarm on Climate Change

The World Bank ( hardly a radical organisation! ) says climate change is a fundamental threat to sustainable economic development and the fight against poverty.  It is concerned that without bold action now, the warming planet threatens to put prosperity out of reach of millions and roll back decades of development.  The ... keep reading

Written by Celsias this month, about Climate Change, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money

Enoughness- Restoring Balance to the Economy

Enoughness... it's an interesting concept...an alternative to the Western World View . - 40% of the Earth’s resources owned by 1% of the population.- The combined wealth of the three richest men in the world exceeds the total GDP of  the poorest 47 counties.3.5 billion people survive ... keep reading

Written by First Peoples Worldwide this month, about Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Finance & Money, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

Ideas Colliding: IBM Research Combines Strategies from Multiple Industries to Create a Super Solar Collector

  Great men, like great epochs, are explosive material in whom tremendous energy has been accumulated; their prerequisite has always been historically and physiologically, that a protracted assembling, accumulating, economizing and preserving has preceded them – that there has been no explosion for a long time - Nietzsche. Scientific breakthroughs often follow a ... keep reading

Written by Rayna Gordon-Hellman this month, about Clean Technologies, Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Solar (1 comment)

How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion

Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the US intelligence community, the earth is already shifting under you. Whether you know it or not, you’re on a new planet, a resource-shock world of a sort humanity has never before experienced ... keep reading

Written by Michael Klare/The Nation last month, about Climate Change, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, War (1 comment)

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