Friday, 27 May 2011

Notes from a workshop: 7 miscellaneous ideas for the financing sector market

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1. Finance has outgrown national governance; banking reform beyond deposit-taking must be multi-national to be effective. For European coun...
Tuesday, 19 April 2011

The (chilling) "ice is going" talk at TED

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Friday, 15 April 2011

Check out this video "It's not what you say, but how you say it"

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Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Dubai mandates roof gardens for all new buildings = thermal insulation,greener environment

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Great idea that will help cool the city down, among other things. Five stars!
Monday, 24 January 2011

Great Guardian article about Les Robinson's tips for achieving behaviour change

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Friday, 7 January 2011

Cool "Changeology" site from my friend Les Robinson

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Friday, 24 December 2010

Useful "reducing solar cost-curve" story from the Economist

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The renewable-energy business - "Shining a light" The Economist 11 Dec 2010.  THE future, according to MiaSolé, a Californian sta...
Saturday, 11 December 2010

13 farewell COP snippets: >Indian hero >Finance Fund mess >China shows the way > and more

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Sunday, 5 December 2010

7 Cancun snippets: >machine-guns >Japanese pre-emptive strike >climate talks head in tears >and more

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Friends: I'm at the  COP16 Conference in Cancun, aiming to talk about climate bonds as a mechanism to divert private investment to bu...
Monday, 22 November 2010

Great Michael Lewis story on Greece and the background to its financial crisis

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Thursday, 4 November 2010

New York Times story on Climate Bonds

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Note comments by Sean Kidney. First time the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times have covered the issue in this fashion. S...
Monday, 1 November 2010

About forests and trees and pension fund myopia

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Fiduciary duty for a pension trustee is about protecting the financial interests of fund members in the long term. Or, in the language of th...
Friday, 15 October 2010

Cool map of Africa vs other countries, plus a few others

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Information Is Beautiful The True Size Of Africa Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:08 AM PDT Brilliant infographic from Kai Krause (perhaps t...
Thursday, 7 October 2010

Act now or face trillions in climate asset losses, UNPRI-backed report tells long-term investors

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New UNEP Finance Initiative report says long-term institutional investors could see trillions wiped off their assets unless they force co...
Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Great little climate chart

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Tired of obscure tables of temperature anomalies and confusing maps of summer sea ice volumes? Here's a simple chart that ordi...