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Drive Innovation and Profits By Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Suzanne Apple World Wildlife Fund
July 02, 2014
Climate change presents a real economic liability of increased risks to growth and productivity of American business. However, the silver lining in all the dire news about climate change is the opportunity for the private sector to not only quell the rising tide, but do it profitably.
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Banking on Bottom-up in Climate Finance

Devashree Saha Brookings Institution
Mark Muro Brookings
May 16, 2014
Last week we noted that with climate change accelerating and national governments adrift, climate-oriented finance is coming to the fore.
“Climate finance” entails applying the power of private-sector finance to scaling up low-carbon solutions. Its stock is rising now because the world needs to unleash massive flows of private capital in order to mitigate its carbon problem.
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Is Natural Gas Worse for Climate Change Than Diesel Fuel?

Michael Levi Council On Foreign Relations
February 26, 2014
Science has published an interesting and useful new paper on methane leaks in natural gas operations – but the New York Times chose to highlight the one thing in it that’s both unoriginal and shaky. Understanding that flaw reveals some useful pointers for policymakers.
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Diversity and Divergence at Play in Natural Gas Boom

James Cameron Climate Change Capital
February 24, 2014
Companies, using technologies like horizontal drilling and fracking, are responding to the world’s massive and growing demand for natural gas when there is the right combination of geology, finance, technology, regulatory framework and public acceptance.
These factors are not universally present. We have diversity and divergence – and an absolute requirement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide – at play.

There is cause for caution because, as in all complex processes, there is risk.

Risk
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Study: Keystone XL Pipeline Won’t ‘Significantly’ Impact Climate Problem

Geoffrey Styles Gsw Strategy Group Llc
February 20, 2014
I recently participated in a webchat hosted by The Energy Collective about the emissions and market impact of the Keystone XL Pipeline (KXL). It was prompted by last week’s release of the State Department’s “Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement” (SEIS) on the project.
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Top 10 Global Risks for the Decade Ahead

Margareta Drzeniek World Economic Forum
January 21, 2014
The Global Risks 2014 report calls attention to risks that could ripple through entire systems. It aims to improve collaboration among business, governments and civil society by raising awareness of these risks and the way they interact with each other.
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