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Climate change

December 2015

  • Global Climate March Held In Rome<br>ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 29: Demonstrators carry a big Earth as they take part in the 'Global Climate March' on November 29, 2015 in Rome, Italy. The awareness event took place ahead of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), which is scheduled to start in Paris on Monday. PHOTOGRAPH BY Giuseppe Ciccia / Pacific Press / Barcroft India UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

    Reflections and predictions 2016
    The biggest climate stories of 2015

  • 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference

    Values-led business
    Where’s the science? Businesses aren’t setting the right climate targets to make a difference

    Marc Gunther

November 2015

  • Employees work at the checkout counters of a Walmart store in Secaucus, New Jersey, November 11, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

    Values-led business
    Walmart is slapping itself on the back for sustainability but it still has a way to go

    Marc Gunther
  • Headquarters Unilever

    Values-led business
    Unilever and Tesla top list of companies leading the fight on climate change – survey

October 2015

  • Hui ethnic minority farmers harvest potatoes on farmland in Guyuan, in northwestern China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. Potato crops are common in the arid region due to its drought resistant properties. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

    Business sustainability: tales from the front lines
    Inside the General Mills roadmap to a sustainable food future

    John Church
    General Mills recently announced a commitment to cut its emissions by 28% in the next 10 years. Other companies can, and should, do the same
  • President Barack Obama Discusses Climate Change With Business Leaders

    Values-led business
    Big businesses' White House-approved climate pledges are just incoherent goals

    Marc Gunther
    Johnson & Johnson, Intel and Hershey’s are among 81 big firms pledging to curb emissions. But are they prepared to shift the national debate on climate change?
  • Wind turbines for generating electricity are seen at a wind farm in Guazhou, 950km northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province<br>Wind turbines for generating electricity are seen at a wind farm in Guazhou, 950km (590 miles) northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province September 15, 2013. China is pumping investment into wind power, which is more cost-competitive than solar energy and partly able to compete with coal and gas. China is the world's biggest producer of CO2 emissions, but is also the world's leading generator of renewable electricity. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight during a working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which will meet in Stockholm from September 23-26. Picture taken September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT)

    Values-led business
    Major corporations taking climate change threat more seriously – survey

    Survey of 440 sustainability workers around the world finds companies are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprints

September 2015

  • General views of erosion on Fort Lauderdale Beach in Florida<br>29 Nov 2012, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA --- Here is what's left of Fort Lauderdale Beach in Florida. What used to be a popular tourist destination for spring breakers and many others has now become a very small damaged beach and boardwalk seen here, due to beach erosion and the recent Hurricane Sandy. Pictured: Fort Lauderdale Beach --- Image by Brock Miller/ /Splash News/Corbis coastal erosion

    Climate change: too hot to handle
    Ike, Ira or Irene? Name that hurricane - quiz

    As hurricanes become more frequent, keeping track each storm’s name is becoming a challenge. Test your knowledge of the ones you should already knowWhat can you do? Keep it in the ground
  • Rev Lennox Yearwood at BAM for People’s Climate Music

    Hip-hop takes on climate change: artists drive the beat for environmental justice

    A hip-hop bus tour of areas worst affected by high pollution and social inequality is bringing diversity to the climate change fight
  • Biofuel Recovered For Recycling At Restaurants<br>SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 05: Workers with the San Francisco Water Power and Sewer's SFGreasecycle program dump bottles of used cooking oil into a dumpster on April 5, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Launched in 2007, SFGreasecycle is a program that will collect used cooking oil from San Francisco restaurants to be recycled into biofuels and also keeps oils from entering the city's sewer system. According to a recent report by San Francisco based nonprofit group Next 10, California continues to be the nation's leader in venture capital funding for green technology, green tech patents and the growth in clean power generation, resulting in reduced greenhouse gas emissions despite a growth in population. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) recycle For cities; re fatbergs

    Values-led business
    California's healthcare industry can lead the way on stronger climate change regulation

    Susan Vickers
    Last week, dozens of businesses wrote letters to California lawmakers to urge passage of bills that would regulate emissions. Susan Vickers of Dignity Health explains why her company was one of them

August 2015

  • In this parody infomercial, Matthew Lesko tells you how to get free money from the government for fossil fuels!

    Climate change: too hot to handle
    Get free money from the US government for fossil fuels! - video

    Famous American government grant guru Matthew Lesko shows how you can get billions of dollars from the government to destroy the environment!

July 2015

  • Cows talk climate change and methane emissions

    Climate change: too hot to handle
    Cows speak up on climate and come clean about their own emissions - video

  • hot deals

    Climate change: too hot to handle
    Climate change bargains: the hottest deals of 2056 - video

June 2015

  • Sprint mobile

    Circular economy
    Sprint to switch to wheat straw paper in two-month sustainability trial

    Sprint’s pilot project will test run printing papers made primarily of wheat straw in a bid to find a sustainable alternative to wood-based paper

21 May 2015

  • This May 28, 2008 file photo shows the Dow Chemical Co. industrial site in Midland, Mich. Dow Chemical on Monday, May 4, 2015 said it will cut about 3 percent of its global workforce as it prepares to break off a significant part of its chlorine operations in a deal announced earlier this year with Olin Corp. (AP Photo/Steven Simpkins, File)

    Bold bets
    Dow Chemical aims to 'redefine the role of business in society'

    In a move that some industry watchers are calling impressive, the global chemical giant has set lofty goals that it says will improve the lives of 1 billion people

4 May 2015

  • People march during a protest against Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at Copacabana brach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, March 15, 2015. Protests have been called for across Brazil to demonstrate against President Dilma Rousseff, whose popularity has never been lower as she faces a sputtering economy and a massive corruption scandal. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

    In the shadow of the BRICs
    The BRIC nations' response to climate change is critical to the fate of the planet

  • Commuters wearing masks make their way amid thick haze in the morning in Beijing February 26, 2014. China's north is suffering a pollution crisis, with the capital Beijing itself shrouded in acrid smog. Authorities have introduced anti-pollution policies and often pledged to clean up the environment but the problem has not eased.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) - RTR3FQ6A:rel:d:bm:GF2EA2Q0AN701

    In the shadow of the BRICs
    China tackles pollution, but has long way to go on labor

  • People launch a paper lantern during a ceremony to mark Earth Hour at Palace Square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 31, 2012. Earth Hour takes place worldwide at 8.30 p.m. local times and is a global call to turn off lights for 60 minutes in a bid to highlight the global climate change. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

    In the shadow of the BRICs
    Russia: the unsustainable superpower

  • NITEROI, BRAZIL - JULY 30: A man walks along the shoreline of the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro on July 30, 2014 in Niteroi, Brazil. The iconic bay will be the site of sailing events during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Although Rio's Olympic bid included the promise to clean up the filthy bay, industrial and human pollution still remain a major problem. According to the Deputy State Secretary of Environment just 34% of Rio's sewage is treated while the remainder flows untreated into the waters. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)Pollution

    In the shadow of the BRICs
    Brazil struggles with drought and pollution as Olympics loom large

April 2015

  • Scotland's carbon footprint grew by 5.3% in 2012, despite a reduction in emissions from Scottish homes and businesses.

    Values-led business
    Campaign aims to turn oil companies into climate allies

    Marc Gunther
    A coalition of investors and environmental groups are pushing oil and gas companies to invest in green energy. What’s the likelihood they will succeed?
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