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Built Assets Added $27.1 Trillion to Global GDP in 2013, New Study Says

2014-05-20 20:44:03| ENR.com: Headline News

Report, co-authored by Dutch-based consultant ARCADIS, analyzes how 30 countries' use of built asset stock impact their global competitiveness.

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The $4 Trillion Mistake: Climate Action Delayed Is Climate Action Denied

2014-05-14 21:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ThinkProgress: The good news is that the new report "confirms that global population and economic growth can be decoupled from energy demand." The IEA says that an aggressive effort to deploy renewable energy and energy efficiency (and energy storage) to keep global warming below the dangerous threshold of 2°C - their 2DS scenario - would require investment in clean energy of only about 1% of global GDP per year. But it would still be astoundingly cost-effective: The $44 trillion additional investment needed...

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Delays on climate change have cost $8 trillion

2014-05-14 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: TIME is money, goes the saying. When it comes to climate change, two years of inaction has cost the world $8 trillion. A report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), published Monday, looks at the cost of converting to green electricity in order to keep global warming below 2 °C. The agency found that it will cost $44 trillion more than keeping the current mix, where most electricity comes from fossil fuels. The extra money will go on building wind and solar power stations, efficient grids,...

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End fossil fuel burning, save $71 trillion and preserve civilization as we know it

2014-05-14 01:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: High gas prices got you down? Your problems are a tiny fraction of those faced by our whole fossil fueladdicted global society. A new report from the International Energy Agency considers the cost of remaining hooked on antiquated, polluting, and climate-changing energy sources. First, here`s what might seem to be bad news from the new report: It would cost the world $44 trillion to end our fossil fuel addiction by 2050 and switch to clean energy. Worse, this figure is $8 trillion higher than...

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Takeover deals top $1 trillion for 2014

2014-05-05 07:47:50| Biotech - Topix.net

That threshold was crossed 54 days earlier than in 2013, after more than $300 billion in purchases were announced by companies from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International to Alibaba Group Holding in April, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

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