Tag Archives: climate
Kerstin Dietrich
Posted on 18. Jul, 2008 by Khadeeja Balkhi.
Ms. Dietrich is a global specialist on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). During her recent, fourth, visit to Pakistan she graciously shared with TBL, her thoughts about the development and potential of the CDM in developing countries like Pakistan.
Khadeeja Balkhi: If you were to capture the essence of the CDM as you see it, how [...]
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Global Briefs Jul-Aug 2008
Posted on 18. Jul, 2008 by Rutaba Ahmed.
Remake a Living: The Jobs Are Blowin’ in The Wind
Turbines are sprouting like wildflowers after rain in Texas, California, Iowa, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, and Oklahoma. Not to mention China.
As the hype about “green” jobs has grown, the wind-energy industry has done a pretty good job of reporting accurately on their job creation. Industry [...]
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Confronting Climate Change: Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration
Posted on 14. Jul, 2008 by Clearcarbon Consulting.
The Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration (SCLC) is an effort to help companies better understand the climate impacts within their supply chains.
In October 2007, the CDP created the SCLC with the aim of creating a standardized process for supply chain reporting of carbon emissions, risks, opportunities and strategies. The SCLC seeks to [...]
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Elusive Commodities, Starving Masses and Ruthless Speculators
Posted on 17. May, 2008 by Miriam Katz.
In recent months, the food crisis has increasingly been in the news. There have been riots in many different countries all over the world including Mexico, Egypt, India and Yemen due to the increase in food prices. Even though these riots have only happened recently, the increase in food prices has been building since 2005. [...]
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