Taking full account of the cost of carbon in the price of goods, removing subsidies for fossil fuels and unsustainable agriculture, and adopting a greener measure of economic development are just some of the steps required to put the world on a more sustainable development path. That is the conclusion of a major new report [...]

As heads of state and government ministers start arriving in Durban for the UN climate talks, negotiators are hoping that, come end of the week, some kind of political compromise will have been reached to break the stalemate on a range of issues. The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the UN Framework [...]

The government has increased pressure on airlines to improve their green credentials by placing climate change at the centre of a new scoping document that will be used to inform next year’s draft aviation policy. The Sustainable Framework for UK Aviation notes the £9bn contribution the aviation sector makes to the UK economy each year, [...]

Following three turbulent yet encouraging years for the global cleantech industry, oscillating traction is now crystallizing across some of the more mature cleantech markets. Against this uncertain and shifting backdrop, Datamonitor makes its top five predictions for global green business in 2011 and beyond. Low-carbon power generation will grow at a tremendous pace The global [...]

Jonathan Lim – Huffington post The #1 argument by corporations and politicians who oppose reducing pollution, fighting climate change and moving America to a cleaner, greener, more sustainable future is that doing so will cost the country jobs and hurt the economy. In fact, since many corporations and politicians claim to believe that climate change [...]