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Finance & Development March 1, 2008 Helbling et al. |
Riding a Wave Soaring commodity prices -- especially those of oil, nickel, tin, corn, and wheat -- has brought a sea change to the commodities landscape. Trade policies should be adjusted for better efficiency. |
Finance & Development March 2008 Natalia Tamirisa |
Climate Change and the Economy Policies to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases need not hobble the economy. |
Geotimes July 2007 Megan Sever |
Affording the Costs of Climate Change Taking immediate action to try to mitigate climate change is not only necessary, it is affordable, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
Finance & Development March 2011 Helbling & Roache |
Rising Prices on the Menu Higher food prices may be here to stay. |
Finance & Development March 2008 William R. Cline |
Global Warming and Agriculture If steps are not taken to curb carbon emissions, agricultural productivity could fall dramatically, especially in developing countries. |
Chemistry World May 4, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Cutting the Cost of Climate Change Scientists have welcomed a UN climate change report released on Friday that sets out a range of affordable options for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2015 Emma Stoye |
World leaders agree climate deal at COP21 talks Nearly 200 countries have come to an agreement at the UN's COP21 climate conference in Paris, Frances, where world leaders have been discussing how to tackle climate change. |
Finance & Development March 2008 Mohan Munasinghe |
Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks Global warming is already taking its toll internationally. Making development more sustainable will help address climate change. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Simon Johnson |
The (Food) Price of Success Higher global demand for calories brings inflationary pressure and more. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Jones & Keen |
Climate Policy in Hard Times Restoring economic growth after the global financial crisis need not thwart the fight against climate change |
Finance & Development December 2009 Bjorn Lomborg |
Technology, Not Talks, Will Save the Planet There are smarter alternatives to fighting climate change than cutting CO 2 emissions. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Peter S. Heller & Muthukumara Mani |
Adapting to Climate Change Not much talked about but still worrisome are the economic and fiscal disruptions likely to be caused by global climate change, especially for developing countries. Policymakers should take steps to minimize these disruptions, and sooner rather than later... |
BusinessWeek February 17, 2011 Pooley & Revzin |
Hungry for a Solution to Rising Food Prices Even if the global agriculture crisis doesn't turn cataclysmic, it represents a massive test. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz |
Manufacturers Divided On Emissions Cap Proposed emissions standards spur finger pointing and debate. |
Finance & Development March 2008 Jones et al. |
Paying for Climate Change Governments must manage the incentives for households and firms to counter and adapt to climate change. |
Finance & Development March 2008 Paul Mills |
The Greening of Markets Financial markets can play a valuable role in addressing climate change. |
Finance & Development March 2011 Nicolas Eyzaguirre |
Sustaining Latin America's Transformation Building on recent successes, Latin America now has a chance to raise its profile in the global marketplace. |
Science News April 11, 2009 Michel Jarraud |
Bracing For Global Climate Change Is A Local Challenge The secretary-general of the U.N. World Meteorological Organization discusses whether global climate change is real. |
Chemistry World November 5, 2014 |
Emissions must hit zero by 2100, says IPCC The International Panel on Climate Change says that carbon emissions will have to fall to zero by 2100, but that the means to achieve this are economically affordable. |
Finance & Development September 2008 Simon Johnson |
Straight Talk: Emerging Markets Emerge Emerging markets are now a key determinant of global growth. This is good news -- and a potential problem |
Finance & Development March 2010 Bowen et al. |
Challenge of the Century Climate change is about market failure on a global scale; it must be resolved together with debt and global economic imbalances. |
Finance & Development June 2009 |
Data Spotlight: Roller Coaster The latest sharp rise and fall in commodity prices is not the first nor the last. |
Chemistry World October 6, 2015 Angeli Mehta |
China launches nationwide emissions trading scheme China has announced that it will implement a national emissions trading scheme in 2017, and encourage more power generation from renewables. |
Geotimes October 2007 Josh Trapani |
Energy Independence and Climate Change: Linked but Separate Achieving increased energy independence and mitigating climate change impacts are complex but vital issues. |
Finance & Development June 2010 Arezki & Bruckner |
Debt and Democracy Democracies use windfalls from international commodity price booms to reduce external debt. Autocracies tend to spend them. |
Geotimes May 2005 Sara Pratt |
Soot From Indian Cooking A new study says that residential cooking -- with stoves that burn wood, crop waste and dried animal manure -- is actually the largest source of soot emissions in India. Understanding this pollution source could have an important role in bettering both air quality and climate models. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2009 Anna Lewcock |
Degrees of freedom The global nature of the climate change offers both opportunities and challenges. The US, for example, is keen to establish international cooperation and collaboration in climate change research |
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 John Carey |
Global Warming Consensus is growing among scientists, governments, and business that they must act fast to combat climate change. This has already sparked efforts to limit CO2 emissions. Many companies are now preparing for a carbon-constrained world. |
Geotimes March 2007 Linda Rowan |
A Change in Climate in Congress: To Act or Not To Act Because some state and local governments are taking action, Congress will need to set some federal standards in the near term. The nation can ill-afford a hodge-podge of regulations and policies on climate change across the country. |
Finance & Development December 2009 |
Response to "Viewpoint: Technology, not Talks, Will Save the Planet" A response to Bjorn Lomborg's article on investment in R&D of low-carbon energy technologies. |
Chemistry World June 30, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
Climate change roadmaps announced UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set out a 'Roadmap to Copenhagen' in advance of the climate change conference being held in the Danish capital in December. |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2011 Nathan Parmelee |
Australia's Role in Feeding the World Agricultural commodities are in demand, and Australia has plenty. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Richard Vodra |
Inconvenient Truths The economic effects of climate change and oil shortages present a unique challenge for financial planners. |
Chemistry World January 14, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Flawed Policies Encourage Damaging Biofuels, Says Royal Society Simplistic policies are encouraging biofuels that don't cut greenhouse gases. |
Wired September 22, 2008 Steve Rayner |
Steve Rayner: Take Climate Change Seriously The outgoing administration failed to come to grips with climate change out of fear that reducing greenhouse gas emissions would damage the economy. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2007 Traci Purdum |
Market Watch: Material Demand The Institute for Supply Management's Report On Business track commodity prices to help purchasing managers plan ahead. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Hamilton & Fay |
A Changing Climate for Development Climate finance can provide the resources developing countries need to mitigate and adapt |
Salon.com January 26, 2001 Dawn MacKeen |
Overwhelming evidence of global warming Experts hope a startling new report will be enough to persuade President Bush to take action... |
Chemistry World February 7, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Biofuel Carbon Debt May Take Centuries to Repay Most biofuels may increase greenhouse gas emissions because clearing grassland or forest to plant them releases carbon dioxide. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 Bio-Tchane & Christensen |
Right Time for Africa Africa needs to build on its recent success to catch up. A forward-looking reform agenda should aim to maintain macroeconomic stability, improve the business climate, promote trade, and, most important, strengthen fiscal institutions. |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2011 Arunava De |
How Investors Can Tackle Food Inflation Policymakers across the globe are jittery as rising food prices are thwarting their attempts to get a grip on headline inflation. But for investors, as food prices rise, there's money to be made. |
Industrial Physicist Aug/Sep 2004 Forest, Webster & Reilly |
Narrowing uncertainty in global climate change Unknowns hamper the initiation of climate-mitigation policies. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2010 Michael Johnston |
Inside the CORN ETF Perk up your ears for tips on how to play this commodity-specific fund. |
Financial Advisor August 2008 Marla Brill |
Harvest In Agricultural ETFs Although a sharp pullback could be coming, some advisors think commodities are good long-term plays. |
National Defense August 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Oil Wars and Climate Woes: Two Sides of the Same Coin If rising waters and violent storms whipped into oblivion a key U.S. military base on the island of Diego Garcia, would such a catastrophe qualify as a national security crisis or as a climate change scourge? |
Science News January 3, 2009 R.K. Pachauri |
Obama Administration Should Lead Energy Transition The director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi speaks about the changes he hopes to see from the Obama administration. |
Geotimes September 2006 Lee Gerhard |
Testing Global Warming Hypotheses Global climate change has been a natural phenomenon driven by natural processes for 4.5 billion years. Nevertheless, cultural pressures exist to identify a human cause for current global climate change. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor Commodities futures have unique diversification properties and, on average, perform well whenever stocks and bonds have done poorly. |
Chemistry World January 4, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Copenhagen: after the circus In an agreement forged overnight following fraught negotiations at the end of the Copenhagen climate conference, countries agreed to act to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius. |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Commodities Hit the Exchange (Again) The commodities boom launches another investment. The S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Total Return Strategy Index exchange-traded note is a new vehicle from Goldman Sachs that tracks the S&P GSCI Index. |