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Barra, Marchionne keynote World Congress
2014-09-08 08:41:36| Automakers - Topix.net
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne and GM CEO Mary Barra will be keynote speakers at the 2015 Automotive News World Congress here. Marchionne will speak on the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 13, and Barra will address the Congress the following evening, Jan. 14. The theme of the 39th annual Congress is "Setting the Pace in a Thriving Market."
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World leaders urged to aim for 'zero emissions' this century
2014-09-08 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: World leaders due to gather in New York for the latest UN climate change meeting are facing renewed calls to deliver a step change in their approach to decarbonisation, as NGOs, UN officials, and businesses prepare to unite in calling for bolder emission reduction policies. A group of UK NGOs will today publish a new report detailing how a suitably ambitious international climate change agreement can be delivered at the Paris Summit in late 2015 that will enable a "global countdown to zero emissions"....
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Fifa World Cup 'hits the poorest hardest'
2014-09-08 01:00:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The other side of major football tournaments
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World falls behind in efforts to tackle climate change: PwC
2014-09-08 00:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The world's major economies are falling further behind every year in terms of meeting the rate of carbon emission reductions needed to stop global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees this century, a report published on Monday showed. The sixth annual Low Carbon Economy Index report from professional services firm PwC looked at the progress of major developed and emerging economies toward reducing their carbon intensity, or emissions per unit of gross domestic product. "The gap between...
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Canada, Russia, Brazil lead world old-growth forest loss
2014-09-05 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Every day, the world loses about 50,000 hectares of forest to agricultural clearing, road development, and other human activities, constricting true wilderness into smaller and smaller areas along with the species that inhabit them. New analysis and maps released this week show these last vestiges are disappearing at a quick pace, with more than 104 million hectares degraded from 2000 to 2013. Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) are areas that are large and pristine enough so that they still contain...
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