Investors discuss climate risks at UN
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Hundreds of investors controlling $20 trillion in capital came searching for answers Thursday on how to put a price on carbon emissions blamed for global warming and create a new Â and lucrative Â economy based on cleaner sources of energy.
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The current recovery of the global economy is dampened by risks that could give rise to financial and exchange-rate instability and to a slowdown in growth, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned Thursday.
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Stock exchanges' stratospheric valuations may not reflect reality.
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Global talks on launching a new offensive against climate change went down to the wire Friday, mired in bitter rows over how far industrialised countries would commit to curbing greenhouse gas pollution.
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United Nations environment agencies have  launched a virtual marketplace to bring together buyers and  sellers of carbon offsets in rich and poor countries.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Gore and the leaders of some 80 nations converge on the U.N. on Monday for a summit on the warming Earth and what to do about it.
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US recognises global warming danger but wants to lead response outside UN.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium   Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened to overshadow Thursday's summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
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Japan and Canada should link up to the European Union market for greenhouse gases as the best way to meet their pledges under a U.N. scheme for fighting global warming, a leading analyst said on Friday.
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UN talks on climate change have ended with few steps forward after the United States, oil producers and developing giants slammed the brakes on the European
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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Bloomberg - Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Negotiators expect to reach a compromise on climate-protection talks after working through Friday night, the United Nations official organizing the conference said.
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There are many ways to invest in a sustainable future.
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An international group of corporate leaders calls for global targets on reducing greenhouse emissions.
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Investors have spoken. Here's what they had to say.
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A U.S.-sponsored meeting of the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters aims to support the U.N. process on climate change, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday, but some participants and environmentalists were skeptical.
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By Steve Bloomfield  Climate change has become a major security issue that could lead to "a world going up in flames", the United Nations' top environment official has warned.