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New Partnership seeks to boost climate leadership 5 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
At the COP18 meeting this week The Climate Group, an independent, not-for-profit organization working to inspire leadership for a Clean Revolution announced a strategic partnership with the UN Climate...
BC announces new program for Aboriginal entrepreneurs 5 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
BC Premier Christy Clark announced an investment of more than $500,000 for a program that will support skills training for Aboriginal individuals aspiring to start or grow their own businesses.
Survey Reveals China's Growing Desire for Green Products 4 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
Chinese Consumers Express Greater Confidence in Green Products than North American Consumers
Global Cleantech To "Backtrack" in 2013 4 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
Cleantech venture investment expected to decline even further, corporate involvement to increase, and long-term risks coming in solar, wind, electric vehicles and elsewhere, says Consulting & Analysis...
Ontario Government Retreats on Climate Change 4 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
Ontario's Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, says the Ontario government is backing away from its plan to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
Sustain growth in eco-industry for a green economy, study argues 3 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
A recent study supports alternative means of tackling the unsustainability of resource-intensive economic growth through a significant increase in the environmental technology and greater resource-eff...
Can business drive green growth? 2 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
Nearly six months after the Rio+20 global environment summit, the jury is still out on whether greener growth can truly happen.
Green Bonds: The Next Market-Based Mechanism to Tackle Climate Change 1 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
Carbon-related financial instruments and carbon-informed financial decisions are becoming increasingly integrated into the global economy. One part of this climate-aware economic transition is the eme...
Stimulating Private Investment in Green Infrastructure - A How To Guide 1 Dec 2012 | 05:00 am
A new OECD report identifies some of the barriers hampering private investors from investing in green infrastructure and suggests what governments can do to help business to go green.
Keeping the Great White North White 30 Nov 2012 | 05:00 am
Should permafrost thawing accelerate as expected, resulting carbon dioxide and methane emissions will significantly amplify global warming, according to a report published by the United Nations Enviro...
