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The ongoing food crises in 36 countries around the globe are a cause of worry for major institutions such as the World Bank because the problems signal profound problems of disbalance in the world economy. The main reasons behind the high food prices in poor countries are the high oil price and market liberalization shocks. Biofuel crops are hardly a factor. Climate change is something that has played a role for as long as everyone can remember and it's only being recognized now.
In recent months, the world has witnessed various food riots in poor countries around the globe and the general conclusion bankers in their dossy offices have drawn are that some countries apparently really don't have much of a buffer zone left - hence the upset.
Ardour Capital has been a pioneer when it comes to investing in alternative energy companies. Managing director Walter Nasdeo talks to Triple Pundit about the company’s business, as well as recent stock market performance and prospects.[read more]
The buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts last week announced a new partnership with Environmental Defense to help measure the environmental...[read more]
Generation Investment Management has closed $638Million in initial funding for its Climate Solutions Fund. The company is chaired by former...[read more]
Clean energy shares weren’t able to avoid the financial and economic malaise and uncertainty that spreading across stock markets during 2008’s first quarter, according to New Energy Finance.[read more]
Renewable energy investment and activity is taking a hit due to housing market weakness, bank losses and financial industry turmoil, the credit crunch and the slowing economy but capital is still flowing in and the sector as a whole is relatively buoyant, according to new New Energy Finance research.[read more]
The second highest imperative for life as we know it, conflicts over water resources and management are coming into sharp relief, exacerbated by growing population, land use, climate change and a surge of investment.[read more]
Do you walk the talk when it comes to investing? Maybe you've been waiting to see which stocks make...[read more]
Foresters, climatolgists and environmental agencies are devoting much time and effort to figure out a way to include deforestation abatement into the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development and carbon trading schemes. A recently released discussion paper examines the potential effects carbon credits would have on forest conservation and use.[read more]
Streamlining and expanding the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism will be key priorities for 2008, according to Rajesh Kumar Sethi, the recently appointed chair of the CDM Executive Board.[read more]
As is the case more broadly, shares of alternative energy businesses are getting hit hard of late…But the fundamentals underlying the sector provide support and portend that investors may look back on this period and see an excellent buying opportunity, argue analysts at London’s Ambrian Partners.[read more]
The Carbon Disclosure Project and Merrill Lynch & Co. have joined in a three-year global partnership that aims to spur wider adoption of corporate carbon accounting and disclosure standards and help channel investment $$$ into carbon and greenhouse gas reduction projects. [read more]
Green legislation and technological innovation are rewriting the rules of the game for the energy and power industries. Companies such as NTR have capitalized on the trend, using a public-private partnership model to transform and grow their businesses.[read more]
UPS has secured a lease for 42 electric three-wheeled utility vehicles with green in mind, as in the bengamins....[read more]
Fusion Reactors have long been a mystical potential energy source that have been conceptualized and debated for over fifty...[read more]
With political and regulatory change in the air and on the ground, renewable energy has risen quickly to become Wall Street and the City’s latest moveable feast. Well organized, funded and staffed wind power companies were among the first to attract the attention of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Testimony to just how quickly capital and labor can be mobilized these days, successful start-ups, such as Dublin’s Airtricity, have grown into attractive targets for the world’s largest power and energy companies.[read more]
So how would a builder profit in the current rough and tumble real estate market? Build a high quality...[read more]
Say hello to the green exchange, spearheaded by a leading cast of energy and environmental brokers -investors- who are...[read more]
Shareholder activism is a primary reason why several large companies are eliminating harmful toxins from their plastic products. In...[read more]
In the face of the rising value of greenwash, the success of domestic and international climate change mitigation and emissions reductions efforts hinges on assembling the apparatus to reliably, accurately and comprehensively monitor, assess and report on businesses' awareness, plans and actions. The Carbon Disclosure Project aims to do just that.[read more]
Amid the stock market turmoil last week, an interesting event took place in the market’s valuation of sustainability. If I...[read more]
The consequences of global warming are becoming an increasingly important variable for institutional investors when assessing a company’s economic viability. In a recent statement, Calpers...[read more]
The global market for wind energy grew by a staggering 32% in 2006 and 41% in 2005. Meanwhile the U.S....[read more]
Some interesting newspaper articles about "Greenwash" have appeared in the Cape Town press in recent weeks, including one in October’s...[read more]
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