EERE News: Report Proposes a National Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation

EERE News: Report Proposes a National Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation: "The report also calls for improved communications on climate change impacts, adaptation, and resilience; additional training and resources within the federal government; better coordination and collaboration among U.S. government entities, as well as stakeholders; the identification of priority areas for a coordinated government response, such as water resource management and international adaptation; the establishment of a flexible framework for U.S. government agencies to understand, analyze, and respond to climate change challenges and opportunities; and an evaluation of the results of any adaptation effort, to capture any lessons learned."

White House Rhetoric May Signal Climate-Bill Surge - NYTimes.com

White House Rhetoric May Signal Climate-Bill Surge - NYTimes.com: "And as long as lawmakers retain a price on carbon emissions, Aldy said, Obama remains willing to compromise.
'He's not strongly wedded that we have to do it this way or that way,' he said. 'But what we have to do is stop sort of arguing with each other, make some progress here in the near term, and do so in a way that is both consistent with promoting our economic recovery agenda while addressing the needs to mitigate our greenhouse gas emissions. And he clearly thinks that's something that's very possible, something that as we work with the Senate that we try to achieve.'"

Study Examines Federal Spending on Climate Change Programs

Study Examines Federal Spending on Climate Change Programs: "The federal government has committed several billion dollars in annual spending, mostly by the Department of Energy and NASA, on projects to expand the understanding of climate change or to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions."

Dealing With Climate Change Is Up To Companies, Not Just Governments - Forbes.com

Dealing With Climate Change Is Up To Companies, Not Just Governments - Forbes.com: "Of the hundred largest economies in the world, 52 are multinational enterprises; only 47 are nation states.
You can't grasp what has been accomplished in addressing climate change without looking at what companies have done, and are doing, to measure and reduce their carbon use."

dBusinessNews :: Daily Business News Delivered to Your Desktop

dBusinessNews :: Daily Business News Delivered to Your Desktop: "The New York Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI-NY) will hold a timely discussion on 'Navigating Climate Change Disclosure' on April 14, 2010 at 6:00 pm. The program will focus on the SEC's recently released guidance on climate change disclosure requirements, addressing what impact the regulations may have and what investor relations professionals need to consider for their companies as it relates to this legislation."

AFP: 7,500 due for alternate climate conference in Bolivia

AFP: 7,500 due for alternate climate conference in Bolivia: "The alternative 'people's conference' on climate change called by socialist Bolivian President Evo Morales is expecting 7,500 delegates from more than 100 countries, officials said Monday."

Technology Review: Solar-Powered Desalination

Technology Review: Solar-Powered Desalination: "Saudi Arabia's national research agency, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), is building what will be the world's largest solar-powered desalination plant in the city of Al-Khafji."

Of Cook Stoves and Climate Change | Use Celsias.com - reduce global °Celsius

Of Cook Stoves and Climate Change Use Celsias.com - reduce global °Celsius: "For example Black carbon emissions account for 30% of the changes associated with Himalayan glacier melt. It is perhaps fitting to say that one of the cheapest and most efficient means of avoiding dangerous tipping points in the climate system is to provide the world’s poor with improved cook stoves. By eliminating the use of open fires for cooking and accompanying black carbon emissions, it is possible to reduce an estimated 0.5-1 billion tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent gases in India alone. In addition this is a fast-acting climate strategy when compared to other mitigation strategies as particles generally remain in the atmosphere days to weeks compared with up to one hundred years for carbon dioxide."

Is climate change a moral issue? What would God say? - Green House - USATODAY.com

Is climate change a moral issue? What would God say? - Green House - USATODAY.com: "'To cultivate peace, one must protect creation!' Benedict told ambassadors accredited to the Vatican in a January speech. He said the same 'self-centered and materialistic' thinking that sparked global financial woes was also endangering creation. He added:
The protection of creation is not principally a response to an aesthetic need, but much more to a moral need, inasmuch as nature expresses a plan of love and truth which is prior to us and which comes from God."

Senators prepare compromise climate change bill

Senators prepare compromise climate change bill: "Last week, Obama's top negotiator to international climate talks, Todd Stern, told Reuters that action in Congress was critical for U.S. leverage and credibility in U.N. negotiations toward a global pact controlling carbon pollution."