 | UN Secretary-General Says Decisive Action Needed on Climate Change Issue
July 31, 2007 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking to a General Assembly meeting, called for “new thinking” to tackle the challenge of climate change. Ban said he intends to convene a high-level meeting on climate change when the Assembly begins in September. more... |
 | Study Draws Climate Change-Hurricane Link
July 30, 2007 –A new study conducted by two U.S. scientists – Greg Holland of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Peter Webster of the Georgia Institute of Technology -- and published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London asserts that the increased number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean in the last 100 years is closely related to a 1.3-degree Fahrenheit rise in sea surface temperatures. more... |
 | U.S. Governors Announce Initiative on Clean Energy Future
July 23, 2007 – Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, incoming chair of the National Governor’s Association, has announced a year-long initiative called Securing a Clean Energy Future. An eight-member Task Force will identify and implement approaches that uses energy resources better through efficiency and conservation, promotes non-petroleum based fuels, takes reasonable steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and accelerates the research and development of advanced, clean energy technologies. more... |
| Business Roundtable CEOs Unveil Climate Change Statement
July 19, 2007 -- The chief executive officers of 160 of the largest U.S. corporations who compose the Business Roundtable association have issued a statement on climate change. Among the signatories to the four-page statement are a number of large insurance companies, including AIG, Allstate Insurance, Liberty Mutual, Nationwide Insurance and State Farm Insurance. more... |
| Florida Governor Signs Executive Orders to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
July 16, 2007 -- Gov. Charlie Crist has signed three Executive Orders initiating Florida’s energy policy. The Governor also signed partnership agreements with Germany and the United Kingdom outlining an agreement that focuses on climate policies and mutual economic benefits. more... |
| Global Warming Will Hit U.S. Northeast Hard Unless Action Taken Now: Report
July 11, 2007 – A two-year long collaboration by the Union of Concerned Scientists and a team of more than 50 scientists and economists has said that global warming will substantially change critical aspects of the Northeast’s character and economy if heat-trapping emissions are not significantly curtaile. more... |
| Senator Unveils Bipartisan Plan to Turn Back Global Warming
July 11, 2007 – U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) has introduced bipartisan legislation designed to stop the advancement of global warming while protecting the U.S. economy and American consumers. The measure, which is cosponsored by Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Ted Stevens (R-AK), Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), is an economy-wide mandatory cap-and-trade program that limits the amount of harmful greenhouse gases that can be emitted. more... |
| Swiss Re Signs United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment
July 4, 2007 – Swiss Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, has announced that it has become a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. The voluntary program encourages best practice in environmental, social and corporate governance issues in investments. more... |
