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The state of carbon pricing is messier than we might like to think
2015-10-29 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: These days, its common to hear a politician, an economist, or even an oil company profess that pricing carbon is the most efficient way to combat climate change. But real-life climate policy is often far from efficient; were left settling for second-best (or third- or fourth-best) solutions. In the run-up to the Paris climate talks at the end of this year, a fair question then is whether or not we can expect any kind of global carbon pricing mechanism to emerge from the negotiations. Spoiler alert:...
The climate change fix we need: We'll never solve the problem until we do this
2015-10-24 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Democracy has not been doing well. For this reason, now is an awkward time to argue that it must be the fulcrum of the Anthropocene. In the United States and Europe, democracies have rushed into foolish wars and stumbled in the face of economic crises--or created those crises. At the time of writing, the North Atlantic democracies are splitting into elite technocrats, who wish they could govern without consulting the masses, and angry populists, who would like to liquidate the technocrats. Nondemocratic...
Climate change more catastrophic for the global economy than we thought
2015-10-23 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When it comes to climate change, the dark truth is that most people couldnt care less about it crippling the environment. So instead, lets talk about something people tend to think about: dollars. A new study, published in Nature on Wednesday, suggests in pretty strong terms that climate change will do some serious wallet damage on a global scale. On average, the authors predict well see a 23 percent reduction in projected global output by 2100 due to climate change (relative to a world without...
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We don't do due diligence - we just look into your...
2015-10-18 20:29:14| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, at the Fortune's Most Powerful Women's Summit in Washington on Tuesday. Speaking with Carol Loomis at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday, Buffett explained the process that led to Berkshire Hathaway's big deal of the summer , its $37 billion acquisition of Precision Castparts, a manufacturer of parts for airplanes.
The lesson from climate change is how we must learn to adapt
2015-10-17 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Bank of England Governor Mark Carneys recent speech to the insurance industry on climate change sharply divided opinion a clue perhaps as to its importance. Central bank governors generally give rather conventional speeches on monetary policy, financial risks, the economy and markets so why the focus on climate change, a topic more typically associated with the green lobby? The Governor linked climate change with risks to financial stability and, since he was speaking at insurance broker...
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