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Scientific evidence shows that temperature changes are likely to have a profoundly negative impact on society, the global economy and the natural world. This poses risks and opportunities to which investors and companies must respond
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Renewable projects face risk-averse culture
The global economic crisis has not only led to an inflexible credit market and smaller pools of capital but has sparked greater risk aversion that makes investors wary of relative newcomers such as wind farms and solar projects
Analysis: Heating up
As talks ahead of December’s Copenhagen summit enter their final phase, much depends on how America will respond to offers in the absence of a congressional deal
Coal-rich US puts faith in CO2 storage
The mined fuel is abundant and cheap, but dealing with emissions will be costly
China-India deal to resist carbon caps
New Delhi and Beijing have struck an agreement to co-ordinate efforts on climate change that focuses on demands that the developed world take the lead in cutting carbon emissions
Brown calls for steeper emissions cuts
The world must cut its carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 by a further 10 per cent below the reductions that have already been promised to head off the threat of catastrophic global warming, Gordon Brown tells a meeting of leading economies in London
Doubts grow over Cameron’s green pledges
Environmentalists are becoming increasingly concerned that a Conservative government could fail to live up to David Cameron’s early promise to put green issues at the heart of government
Public backing for deep China emission cuts
Public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic is firmly in favour of China taking on the lion’s share of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and lukewarm on providing funds to the developing world to adapt to climate change
Industry urged to embrace action on climate
Industry should embrace stronger environmental controls, a leading chemicals manufacturer has urged, as ministers from the world’s biggest polluting countries meet in London for climate change talks that will culminate in Copenhagen in December
Climate body calls for energy U-turn
Liberalisation of the UK market should be reversed, with the government taking more control of decisions such as building new renewable generation, the Committee on Climate Change will say
Energy no longer fits market structure
Lord Turner’s committee argues that if the government wants to live up to its commitments on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, that market structure no longer looks fit for purpose
