I continue to be fascinated by the burgeoning of all sorts of new approaches to generating energy and saving energy. I mentioned in my post from May 16 on the Large Cities Summit that George David, the CEO of United Technologies, had some fascinating things to say about using energy and the potential for radically […]
So, earlier this week I dropped in to the Carbon Finance & Investment Summit , "Where Carbon Players Come To Do Business." Okay. I sat in on two sessions: Carbon Funds' Plans And Strategies In The Carbon Space and Private Equity And Hedge Funds' Plans And Strategies In The Carbon Space. Of the twelve worthy […]
My colleague, Derek Catsam, has been doing some great work on Africa. One of his latest posts is on Africa and Climate Change. See some of the important themes he's developing, including Capetown as a "green" city. While you're visiting, read up on some of the many important issues associated with Africa and Derek's astute […]
Carbon Offsetting , I've touched on offsets a few times along the way since March: in "The Business of Green" and in Markets, and of course, in the last post below from Kate Hamilton on Carbon Expo. Here's a succinct description of offsets from a "NY Times" article from May 8, Sale of Carbon Credits Helping […]
There's an event in New York this coming week called the Carbon Finance & Investment Summit which I'll visit and on which I'll report. I talked about the carbon market, and others, in the post from April 19, Markets. I then mentioned an event in Cologne, Carbon Expo, that took place at the beginning of […]
Yesterday morning, they had a press conference to wind the summit up. As I sat waiting for Ken Livingstone to start the proceedings, I thought about how long it had taken to get here. Finally, there’s enormous momentum from governments at all levels, as well as from industry and finance, and all working with the […]
On Wednesday, L.A.’s mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, announced his city’s Green LA plan, which incorporates a commitment to 35% use of renewables by 2020. The Green LA plan is not unlike “PLANYC” in emphasizing energy efficiency, renewables, mass transit and alternative fuels for surface transport, etc. The afternoon session, “Cities Can Thrive in a Low-Carbon Economy,” was led […]
The Summit started in earnest yesterday. Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, and Chair of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, had some opening remarks, including these which are very direct indeed. (The C40 is in partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative. I'll have more to say about President Clinton and the CCI in a later post.) In a separate […]
The C40 Large Cities Climate Summit kicked off on a gorgeous spring day today in the Big Apple. Thirty-two mayors are here with their delegations. There are 46 cities represented, from six continents. There's been considerable press on this, a couple of hundred by Google's count, including this from Reuters "London mayor says cities lead […]
I touched on hydrogen vehicles in my post from April 30. I noted a comparison in the “NY Times” of several approaches. Here’s a video. Well, I was at the Tribeca Film Festival’s concluding street fair on Saturday and GM had some vehicles on display. I talked a bit with Raj Choudhury, a project manager […]
Since billions of people live in cities, with more coming every day, the infrastructure needed to support them needs building, rebuilding and rehabilitation, expansion and enhancement. There's power generation and transmission, the delivery of drinking water and the treatment of waste water, housing and parks, schools and hospitals, transportation, and commercial and industrial development. All […]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as I write, is finalizing its report, "Mitigation of Climate Change." (You can watch the webcast of the press conference from Bangkok when it goes online on Friday, and read the summary for policymakers and the speech from the IPCC's head.) There will be a ton of news […]
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