 | Travelers Offers 10 Percent Discount on Auto Insurance for Hybrid Drivers in Georgia
Dec. 19, 2006 - Georgia hybrid owners can now join others across the country to take advantage of a 10 percent discount* on auto insurance offered by Travelers, the company announced today. The move makes Georgia the 44th state to receive the hybrid discount, as Travelers has steadily rolled it out state-by-state this year. more... |
| National Climatic Data Center 2006 Preliminary Annual Report
Dec. 14, 2006 - The 2006 average annual temperature for the contiguous U.S. was the warmest on record and nearly identical to the record set in 1998, according to scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Seven months in 2006 were much warmer than average, including December, which ended as the fourth warmest December since records began in 1895. more... |
| NAIC Adopts 2007 Charges for Climate Change and Global Warming (EX) Task Force
Dec. 12, 2006 - The NAIC Climate Change and Global Warming (EX) Task Force adopted its 2007 charges during the organization's winter national meeting in San Antonio, Dec. 8-12. more... |
 | No Gold Medal Winners in Climate Protection Competition
Nov. 13, 2006 - "If climate change protection were an Olympic Discipline, no country would make it to the medal ranks", concludes Matthias Duwe, Director of Climate Action Europe, based on the outcome of the country rankings that forms the base of the 2007 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI). The CCPI results clearly show that current efforts to stop dangerous climate change are insufficient. more... |
| United Nations Climate Change Conference
Nov. 6-17, 2006 - Kenya hosted the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2), in conjunction with the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 12), in Nairobi from 6 to 17 November 2006. more... |
 | MIT Survey: Climate Change Tops Americans' Environmental Concerns
Oct. 31, 2006 - According to a recent MIT survey, Americans now rank climate change as the country's most pressing environmental problem--a dramatic shift from three years ago, when they ranked climate change sixth out of 10 environmental concerns. more... |
| Publication of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
Oct. 30, 2006 - The most comprehensive review ever carried out on the economics of climate change was published today. The Review, which reports to the Prime Minister and Chancellor, was commissioned by the Chancellor in July last year. It has been carried out by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economic Service and former World Bank Chief Economist. more... |
| Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for the Finance Sector in North America
Oct. 26, 2006 - The UNEP FI North American Taskforce hosted a workshop on climate change at Citigroup headquarters in New York. The event included presentations on the latest climate change science, opportunities in the carbon markets such as emissions trading and the Clean Development Mechanism. A number of regional perspectives were given, including an update on Canada’s Climate Change Programme, and the US North-East Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The day ended with presentations on climate risk and emissions disclosure. more... |
| St. Paul Travelers to Join EPA's Climate Leaders Program
Oct. 6, 2006 - The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. ("St. Paul Travelers," NYSE:STA) announced today its participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Climate Leaders" program as part of its continued commitment to sustainable business practices and focus on improving the environment of the communities in which it does business. more... |
| Marsh, Yale and Ceres Join to Educate Corporate Directors About the Risks, Opportunities Posed by Climate Change
Sept. 21, 2006 - New York, NY (September 21, 2006) – Three leading U.S. organizations have announced a unique collaborative effort to educate hundreds of independent corporate board members about the potential liabilities and strategic business opportunities global climate change can create for companies. The announcement was made at a plenary session of the 2006 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, being hosted here this week by former President Bill Clinton. more... |
| DOE Releases Climate Change Technology Program Strategic Plan
Sept. 20, 2006 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP) Strategic Plan, which details measures to accelerate the development and reduce the cost of new and advanced technologies that avoid, reduce, or capture and store greenhouse gas emissions. more... |
| Climate Change Needs Global Solution Says Conference
July 6, 2006 - Business leaders and climate experts have said the fight to stem climate change can only be won by commitment from every country on the planet. more... |
| Rising Temperatures, Seas and Claims: The Potential Impact of Climate Change
March 1, 2006 - The recent devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita provides a stark reminder of the power storms have to destroy both lives and property. If the majority of climatologists are right, we can expect to see an increasing number of such storms as the world’s climate changes. While the precise cause of climate change and the subsequent governmental response may be debated, few scientists doubt that climate change is a reality and that within this century, the Earth’s climate will undergo substantial changes with huge consequences. more... |
| Global Finance Community Joins UN to Tackle Climate Change
May 10, 2005 - An unprecedented grouping of pension funds, foundations, European investors and US state treasurers have joined today with the United Nations to back a new call for urgent action by the global investment community to tackle the threat of climate change. more... |
